464. Wesley Harris, Part 1

<div>464. Part 1 of our <a href="http://archive.org/download/464-wesley-harris-part-2/464--Wesley_Harris_part_2.mp3" target="_blank">interview</a> with Wesley Harris. Our friend Wesley has not only been in local law enforcement for decades, he has also become a local historian investigating Lincoln Parish and North Louisiana.<a name='more'></a> His books include <i>Ruston, Neither Fear Nor Favor, Fish out of Water, Burglary for the Patrol Officer, The Roundup: The Military, the Marshals, and Political Shenanigans in Claiborne and Lincoln Parishes, 1874, William R. Meadows: Slave, Soldier, Symbol</i>. Join us as we discuss that local history with Wesley.<br /> <ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. April 9, 1682. Louisiana Territory is so named by the Sieur de La Salle who reaches the mouth of the Mississippi April 9 with a party of 50 men after descending from the Illinois River.</li><li>This week in New Orleans history. <br /> </li><li>This week in Louisiana. <br /> Louisiana Lao New Year Celebration<br /> April 2-17, 2022<br /> View <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LouisianaLaoNewYear">Website</a><br /> 7913 Champa Ave.<br /> Broussard LA 70518<br /> Lanexang Village celebrates the Lao New Year every Easter weekend with a three-day festival that includes live music, a beauty pageant, parades, sand castle building, kids activities, and several vendors selling clothes, jewelry, music and food from Southeast Asia. $50 VIP all-access passes are available and includes reserved parking, food, a free guided tour, access to VIP parade lounge and to the Tea-time performance banquet.&nbsp; Amenities: General Information, Family Friendly, Handicapped Accessible, Free Parking.<br /> </li><li>Postcards from Louisiana. Beasts of Bourbon.</li></ol></div><div>Listen on&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/louisiana-an