First Jewish Cemetery - Shreveport, Louisiana.
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N 32° 30.574 W 093° 45.274
15S E 429123 N 3597170
Located in the very west edge of downtown Shreveport on Sprague Street, in the northeast corner of Oakland Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM3H3J
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2008
Views: 14
“The Hebrew Benevolent Assn. Of Shreveport purchased a quarter of Oakland cemetery from the city in July, 1858. The resulting Jewish cemetery was Shreveport’s firs and Louisiana’s fifth. This cemetery was used exclusively from 1858-1886 and intermittently from 1886-1950.”
This marker was put in place a “Historic Sites Signs Projects” by joint efforts between the City of Shreveport, Bossier City, Caddo Parish, & Bossier Parish, which began in 1995 and ran for 12 years. The Highland Area Partnership of Shreveport spearheaded the effort in the first place. Bob Marak designed the signs, the Shreveport City sign shop produced them, Eric J. Brock (historian in Shreveport) wrote the texts. This marker program was sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and was coordinated by Eric J. Brock, local historian, and Robert J Marak The project included many historic sites already marked by the state of Louisiana and resulted in 142 markers placed in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
Marker Name: First Jewish Cemetery
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Cemetery
Parish: Caddo
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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