Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages

by Richard Campanella

Richard Campanella's Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of cities, towns, and villages where most Louisianians live now. Campanella illuminates why these communities formed where they did, be they at river confluences, forks, crossroads, heads of navigation, ferry landings, shortcuts, portages, resource-extraction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807185108
• ISBN13: 9780807185100
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 360 Pages