Natchitoches, Louisiana

The oldest town in the Louisiana purchase

Front street, in downtown Natchitoches is lined with bricks. This Nakatosh brick was originally made by hand.

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The Good Darky stood in Natchitoches Square downtown as a reminder to all the Slaves and sharecroppers of their place in society.

St. Matthew Baptist Church was the first one room schoolhouse for slave and sharecropper’s children when they didn’t have to work in the fields.

Downtown Natchitoches sunset.

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