Grand Ecore, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: Bigraphical and Historical Memoirs, Northwest Louisiana, 1890



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GRAND ECORE

Grand Ecore was surveyed in 1836 for Samuel Russell, and in 1854 was selected
as the starting point of the mail coaches for Shreveport.  In August, 1880 a
post office was established with H. Manhiem, master.

The DeRussy Cemetery, on the Grand Ecore Road contains some old time obelisks. 
The Alexander lost close by was tenanted in 1855, during the yellow fever
epidemic.