Hometown Heritage
The unified archive of Jeffery Guin’s Natchitoches Times heritage columns, including the earlier Natchitoches Preservation Network and Preservation News years. Original headlines, dates, and provenance are retained for each article.
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Magnolia Plantation Through the Eyes of Someone Who Lived There
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper column archive. Original submitted manuscript; the final newspaper typesetting and editing have not yet been checked against a printed copy. Magnolia Plantation has been so important to our area that local…
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Magnolia Plantation: An Overview
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper column archive. Original submitted manuscript; the final newspaper typesetting and editing have not yet been checked against a printed copy. Though the Cane River region prides itself on the preservation of…
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The Dark Store
Restored original Hometown Heritage manuscript. Section subheadings are editorial additions; the source text retains its historical context. Very soon, another piece of Natchitoches history will pass into memory. Unfortunately, it’s a piece most of us have…
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Finding Free Natchitoches Heritage Media Using Wikimedia Commons
From the Hometown Heritage newspaper archive. The original submitted prose is retained; subheadings were added during archival restoration. One of the great things that has resulted in so many advancements in World Wide Web over the…
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Badin-Roque House
Hometown Heritage archival restoration. The text below reproduces the surviving newspaper submission; editorial subheadings have been added for readability and are not part of the original manuscript. About 15 miles south of Natchitoches, along Highway 484,…
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Mapping Cane River Heritage: An Early Google Maps Community Project
From the original Hometown Heritage newspaper submission dated 2010-02-18. Print-publication date has not yet been verified. The manuscript’s historical language is retained; references to the Natchitoches Preservation Network now point to its revived Ning address. If…
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Remembering Bobby DeBlieux: Our Last Conversation in Natchitoches
Hometown Heritage archival restoration. Original first-person newspaper submission dated February 4, 2010. The print-publication date has not been independently verified. So much has been written about Bobby DeBlieux’s accomplishments in Natchitoches heritage that another account of…
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Going Home Again: Natchitoches, Southern Identity, and the Pull of Place
Original Hometown Heritage manuscript submitted January 28, 2010. Newspaper issue date and copy are not recorded in this archive. The personal essay is retained as written. Not too long ago, I was chatting with a group…
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Inside the Natchitoches Preservation Network: A Pioneering Ning Heritage Community
From the original Hometown Heritage newspaper submission dated 2010-01-21. Print-publication date has not yet been verified. The manuscript’s historical language is retained; references to the Natchitoches Preservation Network now point to its revived Ning address. It’s…
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Conserving Objects at Oakland Plantation
Hometown Heritage archival restoration. The text below reproduces the surviving newspaper submission; editorial subheadings have been added for readability and are not part of the original manuscript. Oakland Plantation and Cane River Creole National Historical Park…