page_title: Natchitoches, Louisiana
section_title: Noted events
hierarchical_section_title: Natchitoches, Louisiana / Noted events
caption_attribution_description: English: Steel Magnolias Bed and Breakfast in Natc hitoches, LA IMG_2038.JPG
context_page_description: Natchitoches is a small city and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis as part of French Louisiana, the community was named after the indigenous Natchitoches people.
  The City of Natchitoches was not incorporated until after Louisiana had become a state, on February 5, 1819. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the region. Natchitoches' sister city is Nacogdoches, Texas. It is also the location of Northwestern State University.
context_section_description: Natchitoches was the site of a gas pipeline explosion on March 4, 1965 that killed 17 people.
  In 1973, singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed when his plane crashed as it was leaving Natchitoches Regional Airport.
  Natchitoches received numerous New Orleans evacuees due to Hurricane Katrina (2005). Many college students from New Orleans were transferred to Northwestern State University to continue their education.
caption: The Steel Magnolias Bed and Breakfast on Jefferson Street is among some fifty such lodgings in Natchitoches
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