The History Of West Baton Rouge Parish

Download or read book The History of West Baton Rouge Parish written by West Baton Rouge Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''The History of West Baton Rouge Parish: People, Places, Progress'' is comprehensive. This book will take readers from discovery of the area now called West Baton Rouge Parish from the end of the seventeenth century to 2010. Readers will not only experience the age of steamboats and frontiersmen, they will also discover the complexity of a parish adapting to the various influences of the twentieth century and beyond. This book describes in chronological order how the parish evolved through economic, political, and social developments with stories of individuals that helped mold a community.