Chicot County

by Blake Wintory and Lakeport Plantation

Book Overview

Chicot County, situated along the Mississippi River, was created in 1823. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans like Frenchman Ren -Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle visited the region. With the French influence, the area came to be known as Chicot for the "snags" and "stumps" that populated the swampy bottomlands of the Mississippi River. Beginning in the 1830s, slave-based agriculture dominated the county's economy. By 1860, it was filled with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467114057
• ISBN13: 9781467114059
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"