The New Student's Reference Work/Shreveport, La.

Shreve′port, La., a town, is the center of a region rich in cotton and cattle. Its chief trade is in cattle, sheep, wool, hides and cotton. Shreveport is on Red River and numerous railroads, — the Texas Pacific, the Houston and Shreveport, the St. Louis Southwestern, the Queen and Crescent and the Texarkana and Fort Smith. A large wholesale trade for the surrounding district centers at Shreveport, especially in groceries and dry goods. The town dates settlement from 1833, incorporation from 1839. Population 28,015.