CENTRAL LOUISIANA Explore the Central Region! After a visit to Central Louisiana, you’ll long recall the simple yet meaningful images of folk artist Clementine Hunter, who once lived at Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches. You’ll imagine Generals Eisenhower and Patton planning the Louisiana Maneuvers during World War II at the Hotel Bentley in Alexandria. And you’ll dance a little, remembering rock-n-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, whom you got to know a little better at the Delta Music Museum in Ferriday. You’ll pause in memory of outlaw Leather Britches Smith, immortalized at Merryville Historical Society & Museum , and for two men hung for their crimes in the stairwell at The Gothic Jail in DeRidder. You’ll reflect on times past at Oakland Plantation , part of the Cane River National Heritage Area . You’ll swell up with pride, remembering the bass you caught on Toledo Bend Lake . You’ll warm your heart at Chimp Haven , the world’s largest chimpanzee sanctuary, in Keithville. And last, but perhaps most, you’ll picture those epic sunrises from your cabin at Cypress Bend Resort . Explore more at LouisianaTravel.com/Cities-Regions 86 LouisianaTravel.com
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