Bookter's Landing, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

BOOKTER'S LANDING was the original name for Springfield, and was named 

for Alexander Bookter, one of the original land claimants in the area.

It was a trading post and a stopping place on the route from New Orleans

and Mobile to Natchez and Baton Rouge.  It was located on the west bank

of the Natalbany River. --- Mrs. Beatrice Graves
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