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WHAT LOUISIANA OFFERS THE TOURIST
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A YEAR ?ROUND out-of-door climate that is suitable for various kinds of hunting, fishing and other sports, and a highway and general transportation system that is unsurpassed, Louisiana today is indeed a tourist?s paradise, and the Pelican State offers the traveler many forms of recreational, educational and sightseekig facilities.
In order for the tourist to properly comprehend what Louisiana offers travelers, we describe herewith important Federal and State highways that wind their way through every section of the state, and give important attractions along each route. To the tourist Louisiana offers a variety of scenery and points of interest, and the fine highways and free bridges making traveling in Louisiana a pleasure.
U. S. Highway No. 71
Entering Louisiana in the northwest corner from Arkansas near Ida on U. S. Highway No. 71, the tourist passes through a maze of oil derricks, beautiful forests and wonderful farming country to Shreveport, the state?s second city and trading center for East Texas, South Arkansas and North Louisiana. Shreveport is the home of Centenary College, Dodd College, Louisiana State fair grounds and Confederate Memorial Park. This city is noted for its fine hospitals, churches, theaters and library, country clubs, municipal airport and the wonderful Barksdale Field, 22,000 acre United States army airfield that is the home of the Third Attack Wing.
From Shreveport, on No. 71, the tourist passes through beautiful alluvial lands of the Red River valley, through Coushatta and Colfax, on the banks of Red River. A point of interest to the tourist, though off this main route, is Natchitoches, the oldest town in the Louisiana Purchase. To reach this town, turn westward at Clarence, between Coushatta and Colfax. Natchitoches is the