Carpenter House (Richland Parish, Louisiana)
Carpenter House in
: 83–84The house's history includes associations with the outlaw Jesse James and American Civil War General Alexander Chambers of the Union Army.[1][4] Legend holds that the house was named for an outlaw named Samuel Carpenter who led the infamous Cave-in-Rock Bandits and was slain near Vidalia, Louisiana in 1803.[2] However, historical research suggests that when stagecoach service began on the public road through the area in 1849, horses were changed at Charles Carpenter's house.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-60354-017-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-58980-709-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8071-4738-2.
- ^ Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer, and Robert Tallant: Gumbo Ya-Ya: Folk Tales of Louisiana, Louisiana Library Commission, Pelican Publishing Company, Inc., Sixth Printing, February 2012, Chapter 11, https://books.google.com/books?id=e9mZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT203, last accessed 16 Feb 2019.