The community now known as Mittie began as Simmons, a community whose post office was established in 1890 by Albert Burnett. The post office is believed to have been placed in an old school building once used by her father, a Confederate veteran and pioneer educator of small stature but strong will. Thus, in 1928, Clinton Smith and his wife, Oma Simmons Smith, the second postmistress of the Mittie post office established the present site of Mittie approximately one mile west of Ouiska Chitto. The post office resided within Smith's Grocery until the summer of 1996, when a new post office facility was located slightly east of Smith's Grocery. In somewhat a repeat of history but with a tragic twist, the present modern post office, a prefabricated building, was moved on site.
Progress requires sacrifice, and sometimes the ultimate sacrifice.
Presently Mittie is known as the canoeing capital of Southwest Louisiana. Canoeists enjoy paddling down the Ouiska Chitto, a Louisiana scenic stream nationally known for its water quality and its feisty Kentucky Smallmouth Bass. The energetic movement and determination of these inhabitants of the stream remind residents of that of Mittie's founders. This article was published in the Allen Parish Visitor's Guide.