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manager Hugh 6 Super-Duperhis wife and Semrau of the e, his wife andunmen burglar-1 escaped with I receipts of the mount of the ediately deter-i BeginCities*rs of the Rus-Future Farm t this morning i their annua al tour which with New York Boston as desMac McCuilin, ke Calahan, R azarus, Donnie ee, Milton Tur-Louis Barnett ge Allen Ham snell, Rinehard Billy Mehaffey ster.?anied by Jack r adviser, and imes Parnell cchedule takelt; and Nashville Cy., Cincinnati, . and Harris-o New York. If group will go before heading of Baltimore, D. C., from ke the Skyline alachian Moun Va., Asheville, , Tenn., Birm Jackson, Miss.» attendance a' eball game, a to attend a liv Rockefeller Cen Nations head no of Liberty, White House Vernon, Anna ng the route mills.C. , they will pageant, ‘Unpresented each ?e in the heart iintain NationalADAM RISER was 86 years old when this picture w£ approximately three years before his death October 2 He was born December 16, 1800. The picture from w; reproduction was made i» 60 years eld.Early Days In Lincoln ParishEarly Settlers Bought Riser Commun Land At About $1.20 Per Acre In 18-By Hrnryq G. Riserthey will visit and Rock City.The first date shown on any records of tiie Riser Community is Oct. 13th., 1836; this was the date that the United States Government deeded to David Park, a New Orleans cotfon-broker and Negro-sI'dvc-importer, 8,528 acres of land for the sum of $10,650.00; a consideration of $1.25 per acre. This property was located on a line north approximately at the site now known as the Riser Cemetery (Adam Riser, Sr., established a Trading Post Center and Post Office he named Bonner, La. near this site in 1838) and wentas fur south as to i Clyde Causey farm. J west to the Rock islar which, of course, was ; fence at. that time; a an irregular line near t man Road located sli of the Waiter Edmistoi proximately 2-miles a Riser Road.Adam Riser, Sr., ar arriving in this part o try in 1837 from Alah with other relatives-the Standifers, and Mallor: ately settled on the j (Ccniinutd on Pag
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Mon, Aug 01, 1955
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