Wednesday, August 22, 2007

A Great Way to Spend Family Time...

Ghost Walk in Downtown Shreveport

...go on a ghost walk in downtown Shreveport!

Shreveport Spirit Tours depart from the Confederate Memorial in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse at 501 Texas Street on Fridays at 1:30 and 6PM and Saturdays at 10:30AM, 1:30PM and 6:00PM.

Fun history fact: Shreveport wasn't always called Shreveport! For a few years it was called Shreve Town. And it was also a bit rough around the edges at that time. One refined lady from back east called it Ratsborough!

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Fun for Locals and Out of Towners!

Having Fun on the Shreveport Spirit Tours / photo by Stacey Brown

Shreveporter Stacey Brown entertained friends and family from New Orleans by bringing them on a Shreveport Spirit Tour. Thank you, Stacey, for sharing this happy picture of your niece, Marissa Kinler.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Bring a Camera

Greenwood Cemetery and my old film camera

Digital cameras are welcome on the Shreveport Spirit Tours! You have many opportunities for great photos with all the lovely architecture and public art we encounter and you may even capture a ghost orb.

As a courtesy to your guide and fellow walkers, please leave the video cameras behind.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Sunday, June 17, 2007

501 Texas Street

Young Soldier Atop the Confederate Memorial in Downtown Shreveport

Shreveport Spirit Tours depart from the Confederate Memorial in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse at 501 Texas Street. This statue of a young Confederate soldier tops the memorial. It was erected in 1905.

Go to the Shreveport Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau website and print out your $2 off coupon.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Directions to The Caddo Parish Courthouse

Shreveport Spirit Tours depart from the Caddo Parish Courthouse at 501 Texas Street. The courthouse is easy to find once you remember Shreveport doesn't have a "Main Street" because Texas Street serves that purpose.

From Louisiana Boardwalk:
Turn LEFT onto TRAFFIC STREET for 1 block
Turn LEFT onto TEXAS STREET for 1 mile
End at 501 TEXAS STREET Caddo Parish Courthouse. Meet at the Confederate Memorial on the north side of the courthouse.

From downtown Shreveport at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Visitor Center:
Travel north on SPRING STREET for 2 blocks
Turn LEFT onto TEXAS STREET for 3 blocks
End at 501 TEXAS STREET Caddo Parish Courthouse. Meet at the Confederate Memorial on the north side of the courthouse.

From the casinos in downtown Shreveport:
Travel south on CLYDE FANT PARKWAY
Turn RIGHT onto MILAM STREET for 2 blocks
Turn RIGHT onto SPRING STREET for 1 block
Turn LEFT onto TEXAS STREET for 3 blocks
End at 501 TEXAS STREET Caddo Parish Courthouse. Meet at the Confederate Memorial on the north side of the courthouse.

For more detailed directions try Google Maps.

Pictured above is the steeple of the First United Methodist Church located in the West Edge area of downtown Shreveport. This graceful Neo-Classical Revival style building is one of the many featured points of interest on the Shreveport Spirit Tour.