Colonial Natchitoches
Subtitle: a Creole community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier
By: H. Sophie Burton and F. Todd Smith.
Contributors: Smith, F. Todd 1957-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest -- no. 29
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781603440189
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches; Community life -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches -- History -- 18th century; Creoles -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches -- History -- 18th century; Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches -- History -- 18th century; Slaves -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches -- History -- 18th century; French Americans -- Louisiana -- Natchitoches -- History -- 18th century; Natchitoches (La.) -- History -- 18th century; Natchitoches (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century; Natchitoches (La.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Natchitoches (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
Description: "Strategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches thrived during the eighteenth century as a trade hub between the well-supplied settlers and the isolated Spaniards and Indians of Texas. Its critical economic and diplomatic role made it the most important community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier during the colonial era and one of a triad of key towns in the colonial Southewest (along with San Antonio and Santa Fe)." -- inside cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.