OIL CITY - An interesting history.

For those of you who have not visited us here in the rural south, you don't know just WHERE we live. OIL CITY is about 16 miles north of the Shreveport city limits in the very upper northwestern part of Louisiana, only a few miles "as the crow flies" from the Texas border. It is sort of "the wrong side of the tracks" as far as Shreveport real estate is concerned. We live with oil rigs, tank farms and in non fashionable homes many of which are in dire need of repair (or destruction). Interspersed with that are some modest, well kept properties of which we claim to be one, and some more tantalizing properties on CADDO LAKE which is in sight from our back yard. Caddo Lake is a fisherman's paradise, and is well utilized for recreational fishing. We came here because property is CHEAP (we have over an acre and paid less than 35G for house and land), we have a country setting, we can do EXACTLY as we please on our property without seeking permits or permission, and MOST importantly, our cats can roam free. We have made friends with several people in the area, some of whom have been here all their lives. OIL CITY has a hard core base of residents whose families have been here for generations. They belong to the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OIL CITY, and get buried in the cemetery directly across from our front door. It is an area with a fascinating history, as part of the turn of the century oil boom. All that is now long gone, but there are wealthy Shreveport families still living on the money made out here nearly a hundred years ago. We've tried to piece together a few photos captured from a recent documentary made about this area. With each photo we've added a description or comment. We have TRIED to be as accurate as we could be with the information we have at hand. We hope you find them interesting. thom & bobby