Simmesport’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Simmesport. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was founded by Bennet Barton Simmes (1811–1888), one-time owner of White Hall Plantation, which was located on the opposite bank of the Atchafalaya River.
In December 2005 industrialist Frank Stronach founded a new community just south of Simmesport along the Atchafalaya River levee, known as Canadaville, a place intended to house people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Canadaville, Louisiana is no longer a community and was considered to be a failure by many. The site of the community is still there but many of the homes and structures have been moved. Many inhabitants of Canadaville now reside within the town and throughout the area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Simmesport’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Simmesport’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood, 1927: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Simmesport
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Simmesport, decade by decade
![Refugees - Simmsport [sic]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/7158/97ca7dce6c230619c345-s.jpg)
1990s
2 historic places in Simmesport
2 places in Simmesport are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Floods - Mississippi River Flood (1927) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.