The sign in Jessica Hemingway s office in the Bossier Chamber of Commerce tells the story: "Plain Dealing, Louisiana: The Only Town with the Golden Rule Name."
In 1875, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began in Tyler, Texas. James W. Paramore, who led a group of investors that later owned the company, saw this railroad as a way to establish St. Louis as the primary gateway for selling cotton from the southwest in eastern markets. Thus the St. Louis Southwestern Railway became better known as the Cotton Belt.
The "Please, pardon our mess" sign has come down and the Museum Park is open for play. The park is located on White Hall Museum property at 9009 Dollarway Road, and it contains benches, picnic tables, a pavilion and an old Union Pacific caboose.
Harvey Crowley Couch was the astute Arkansas businessman who founded the precursor to Entergy and helped to bring electricity and telephone services to Arkansas, Mississippi and other nearby Southern states.