The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Very little is known about the early days of the town, but it is thought the settlement began as steamboat traffic carrying cotton and timber increased on Bayou Macon in the 1850s. Though not confirmed, it is believed that the town was named after Edwin Epps. Epps owned a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish and he is known as one of the enslavers of the famous abolitionist Solomon Northup.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 affected Epps less severely then other towns within the Mississippi embayment, even serving as a Red Cross Relief Camp.
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Start Epps’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Epps’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Epps is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Epps has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Poverty Point National Monument in Epps, 5 miles away.
Epps and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.