Pea Ridge, 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.

PEA RIDGE is the local name for the Starns Road.  During the Depression

of the 1930's, everyone on the Starns Road had a patch of field peas.  

There was not much else to eat.

     Those whom Mr. and Mrs. Wright "Bob" Morgan recalled as having pea

patches included Henry Stewart, Sr., Warren Stewart, Calvin O'Nellion,

Howard Watkins, John Raney, Harrison Stewart, Sam Roberts, Virgil Glascock,

and George Wells.

     The Morgans thought that Sam Roberts was the first person to refer

to the Starns Road as Pea Ridge.  They also recalled the time when there

were only three houses on the Starns Road.  At that time, the first house

encountered coming from Albany, was owned by Uriah Hayden, the second by

(James K.) Polk Glascock, and the third by "Marge" Stewart. -- Clark Forrest, Jr.

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