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33-485: Harrisonburg may refer to a place in the United States: Harrisonburg, Louisiana Harrisonburg, Virginia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

66-681: A humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Ouachita River The Ouachita River begins in the Ouachita Mountains near Mena, Arkansas . It flows east into Lake Ouachita , a reservoir created by Blakely Mountain Dam. The North Fork and South Fork of the Ouachita flow into Lake Ouachita to join the main stream. Portions of the river in this region flow through the Ouachita National Forest . From

99-809: A bluff in the northern corner of the village, was a Confederate stronghold during the American Civil War . In 1863, the fort successfully defended Harrisonburg from the attack of four Union gunboats coming from the Black River to the Ouachita River . After four days of bombardment, little damage was done, and the gunboats retired down river. Harrisonburg and fort were evacuated before Brig. General Crocker's considerable naval and army forces arrived on September 4, 1863. The Confederates lost eight significant artillery pieces although two large 32 pound cannons were preserved. On March 1 through

132-473: A female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.24. In the village, the population was spread out, with 13.4% under the age of 18, 22.4% from 18 to 24, 42.5% from 25 to 44, 12.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

165-466: A navigable waterway from Camden, Arkansas to Jonesville, Louisiana , and when completed in 1924 included six locks and dams that were 84 feet wide and 600 feet in length, having from 3 to 5 tainter gates . Including the Black River the total navigable length is 351 miles. The Ouachita-Black Rivers Navigation Project has less than a million tons of shipping annually which has the likely prospect of

198-590: A part of the U.S. and the Dunbar and Hunter Expedition was commissioned to explore Arkansas which included the length of the Ouachita River from the mouth to Hot Springs . The Ouachita River was a route used in the Trail of Tears . Native Americans were transported along the river to Camden, Arkansas and from there they walked the rest of the way to Oklahoma . The river was an important factor in settling

231-755: A state in 1836. Steamboats operated on the Red River to Shreveport , Louisiana. In April 1815, Captain Henry Miller Shreve was the first person to bring a steamboat, the Enterprise, up the Red River. During the 1830s, farmers cultivated land for large cotton plantations; dependent on slave labor, cotton production supported new planter wealth in the ante-bellum years. Steamboats ran scheduled trips between Camden, Arkansas and New Orleans . A person could travel from any eastern city to

264-747: Is a Choctaw phrase meaning "hunt big" or "good hunting grounds". Before the rise of the historic tribes, their indigenous ancestors had lived along the river for thousands of years. In the Lower Mississippi Valley, they began building monumental earthwork mounds in the Middle Archaic period (6000–2000 BC in Louisiana). The earliest construction was Watson Brake , an 11-mound complex built about 3500 BC by hunter gatherers in present-day Louisiana. The discovery and dating of several such early sites in northern Louisiana has changed

297-778: The Boeuf River , and the Tensas River . The Ouachita has five locks and dams along its length, located at Camden , Calion , and Felsenthal, Arkansas , and in Columbia and Jonesville, Louisiana . The river below the junction with the Tensas at 31°16′22″N 91°50′01″W  /  31.27278°N 91.83361°W  / 31.27278; -91.83361 is called the Black River and flows for 41.6 miles (66.9 km) in Catahoula and Concordia parishes until it joins

330-643: The Caddo River near Arkadelphia . Downstream, the Little Missouri River joins the Ouachita. After passing the city of Camden , shortly downstream from where dredging for navigational purposes begins, the river collects the waters of Smackover Creek and later the Ouachita's main tributary, the Saline River . South of the Saline, the Ouachita flows into Lake Jack Lee, a reservoir created by

363-743: The Red River , which flows into both the Atchafalaya River and the Mississippi River, via the Old River Control Structure . The river is named for the Native American Ouachita tribe , one of several historic tribes who lived along it. Others included the Caddo , Osage Nation , Tensa , Chickasaw , and Choctaw . The historian Muriel Hazel Wright suggested that word Ouachita owa chito

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396-407: The 4, 1864 the town was again attacked by Union gunboats, but the falling river level prevented the advance on Monroe. The village of Harrisonburg formerly staged reenactments at Fort Beauregard, also known as Fort Hill, but those ceremonies ended in the late 20th century. These reenactments were brought back to life for 2015, but halted in 2016, still planned for future years to come. Harrisonburg

429-518: The Civil War. Harrisonburg is located in northern Catahoula Parish at 31°46′20″N 91°49′39″W  /  31.77222°N 91.82750°W  / 31.77222; -91.82750 (31.772177, -91.827403), on the west bank of the Ouachita River . Louisiana State Highway 8 passes through the village, leading northeast across the Ouachita to Sicily Island , and southwest 18 miles (29 km) to U.S. Route 84 near Catahoula Lake . Jonesville ,

462-402: The Ouachita River without touching land, except to transfer from one steamboat to another. Trade using steamboats on the Ouachita River became an important part of the local economy and supported many of the communities along the river. In the late 1830s, the steamboats in rivers on the west side of the Mississippi River were a long, wide, shallow draft vessel, lightly built with an engine on

495-519: The Ouachita and Black River Project, just north of the Louisiana state line. The Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge encompasses the Ouachita from the Saline River to Lake Jack Lee's mouth. Below Lake Jack Lee, the Ouachita continues south into Louisiana. The river flows generally south through the state, collecting the tributary waters of Bayou Bartholomew , Bayou de Loutre, Bayou d'Arbonne,

528-578: The areas along the Ouachita Rivers along with many other rivers. In February 1932, the Ouachita River rose 1.5 feet higher than the May 4, 1927 flood. The annual high water mark on river gage readings were 48.6 in 1927 and 49.7 in 1932. The Ouachita River reached flood stage crest with a river gauge reading at Camden, Arkansas of 43.08 feet on May 17, 1968. The Ouachita River reached flood stage crest at 85.43 feet above sea level, about 20 feet above

561-527: The country's elaborate river steamboat network made it desirable. One of the investors from the east was Meriwether Lewis Randolph, the youngest grandson of Thomas Jefferson . He was building a home on the Ouachita River in what is now Clark County, Arkansas , when he died of malaria in 1837. He had been appointed Secretary of the Arkansas Territory by President Andrew Jackson in 1835, and had relinquished his commission when Arkansas became

594-413: The deck. These newer steamboats could sail in just 20 inches of water. Contemporaries claimed that they could "run with a lot of heavy dew". In 1881 a snagboat was employed on the river and a boat for dredging in the shoals to the amount of $ 141,879.24. Earlier plans had called for the construction of locks and dams. A 337-mile-long "Ouachita–Black Rivers Navigation Project" began in 1902, to create

627-601: The fish for food. Fishing for rainbow trout is popular in the tailwaters of Lakes Ouachita, Hamilton and Catherine in and around Hot Springs, Arkansas . The river is commercially navigable from Camden, Arkansas , to its terminal point in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish in eastern Louisiana. Upstream of Camden, the river receives substantial recreational use. The Ouachita is lined for most of its length with deep woods, including substantial wetlands . It has

660-435: The future withdrawal of federal support. The project's system of dams and locks enhances the river's recreational use and regional water supply. The Ouachita River reached a historic flood stage crest with a river gauge reading at Camden, Arkansas of 46 feet on May 12, 1882. In Monroe, Louisiana during a flood on May 4, 1927 the high water mark on river gage reading was 48.6 feet. Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 flooded

693-582: The hands of another speculator, former Vice President Aaron Burr . He saw potential for big profits in the event of a war with Spain following the Louisiana Purchase . Burr and many of his associates were arrested for treason, before their band of armed settlers reached the Ouachita. During the 1830s, the Ouachita River Valley attracted land speculators from New York and southeastern cities. Its rich soil and accessibility due to

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726-477: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harrisonburg&oldid=932866301 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harrisonburg, Louisiana Harrisonburg is a village in and the parish seat of Catahoula Parish , Louisiana , United States. The population

759-449: The lake, the Ouachita flows south into Lake Hamilton , a reservoir created by Carpenter Dam, named after Flavius Josephus Carpenter . The city of Hot Springs lies on the north side of Lake Hamilton. Another reservoir, Lake Catherine , impounds the Ouachita just below Lake Hamilton. Below Lake Catherine, the river flows free through most of the rest of Arkansas. Just below Lake Catherine, the river bends south near Malvern , and collects

792-573: The largest town in Catahoula Parish, is 10 miles (16 km) south of Harrisonburg via Highway 124 . According to the United States Census Bureau , Harrisonburg has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.7 km ), of which 0.97 square miles (2.5 km ) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km ), or 8.07%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 746 people, 142 households, and 91 families residing in

825-624: The normal water level of 65 feet at the Felsenthal lock and dam on March 11, 2018. The highest water level ever recorded at Felsenthal was 88.3 feet in 1945. The river continues to be utilized for commercial navigation on a smaller scale than during its " steamboat " days. It is fed by numerous small creeks containing endemic native fish such as killifish . Fishing remains popular in the river for black bass , white bass , bream , freshwater drum , and gar . Concerns about airborne mercury contamination in some areas discourage consumption of

858-505: The region because it provided access to larger markets for cotton and other goods. Nowadays the river still transports goods however to a lesser extent than before and many of its natural areas are preserved. During the late 1700s, when the area was controlled by the Spanish and French, the river served as a route for early colonists, and for land speculators such as the self-styled Baron de Bastrop . The "Bastrop lands" later passed into

891-520: The state. About 17.1% of families and 27.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 26.2% of those under age 18 and 25.7% of those age 65 or over. The village is currently undergoing a dramatic demographic decline. It runs the risk of becoming a ghost town . The climate consists of hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Harrisonburg has

924-529: The traditional model, which associated mound building with sedentary, agricultural societies, but these cultures did not develop for thousands of years. The largest such prehistoric mound was destroyed in the 20th century during construction of a bridge at Jonesville, Louisiana . Likely built by the Mississippian culture , which rose about 1000 AD on the Mississippi and its tributaries, this mound

957-458: The village. The population density was 792.5 inhabitants per square mile (306.0/km ). There were 157 housing units at an average density of 166.8 per square mile (64.4/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 43.43% White , 54.83% African American , 1.47% Asian , and 0.27% from two or more races. There were 142 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were married couples living together, 14.8% had

990-401: Was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 273.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 316.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $ 21,786, and the median income for a family was $ 31,250. Males had a median income of $ 15,000 versus $ 14,167 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 6,242, making it the poorest census-designated place in

1023-549: Was 348 as of the 2010 census , down from 746 in 2000 . Riley J. Wilson , who held Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat from 1915 to 1937, resided in Harrisonburg, where he was principal of Harrisonburg High School and then an attorney, district attorney, and state district court judge prior to his election to Congress. Harrisonburg was named for the Harrison family of Virginia . Fort Beauregard , located on

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1056-484: Was once a trade capital because of its location on the Ouachita River, with easy access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans . The Harrisonburg Road ran through the area as it crossed Louisiana between Mississippi 's Natchez Trace and Texas ' El Camino Real . Harrisonburg was considered for the new site of the Louisiana state capital when the legislature decided to move it from New Orleans after

1089-401: Was reported in use as late as 1540 by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto . On his expedition through this area, he encountered Indians occupying the site. A lightning strike destroyed the temple on the mound that year, which was seen as a bad omen by the tribe. They never rebuilt the temple, and were recorded as abandoning the site in 1736. After the Louisiana purchase, Arkansas became

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