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Cameron Parish (Images of America)

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In 1790, Daniel Johnson sailed into the Sabine River, beginning the Anglo settlement in what would eventually become Cameron Parish in the southwest corner of Louisiana. Lured by the abundance of natural beauty and resources, most settlers moved into the coastal cheniers and inland Cajun prairie after 1830. The population grew enough by 1870 that a new parish was officially carved from Calcasieu and Vermilion Parishes. It was named for Abraham Lincoln's first secretary of war, Simon Cameron; the community of Leesburg at the mouth of the Calcasieu River also took the parish name of Cameron. The town of Cameron was among the biggest fishing ports in the country during the mid-1900s, but one of the largest economic drivers for the parish has been oil since the late 1920s. Even through the adversity of hurricanes, investments continue, and today, Cameron Parish exports more liquid natural gas than most countries.


  • | Author: Andrew Edward Tingler
  • | Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2022
  • | Number of Pages: 128 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback/History
  • | ISBN-10: 146710843X
  • | ISBN-13: 9781467108430
Author:
Andrew Edward Tingler
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
Publication Date:
Jul 11, 2022
Number of pages:
128 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback/History
ISBN-10:
146710843X
ISBN-13:
9781467108430