The Covington Heritage Foundation is holding its annual "Antiques & Uniques" showcase today and tomorrow (Sunday) in downtown Covington, around the Trailhead complex. Dozens of collectors, artisans and vendors are on hand displaying their treasures.
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Here are several early land grant maps stitched together showing the names of large tract property owners all the way from just south of Covington northward to Waldheim, Bush, Bogalusa on up to the Mississippi state line.
The red line marks what was known as "The Covington Road"(also called The River Road in some locations). The series of squares indicates the route taken by General Andrew Jackson in 1814 from the John Ford home in Sandy Hook, Mississippi, through Enon and Covington on his way to Madisonville to cross the lake and take part in the Battle of New Orleans.
Top Half of Map: From Sandy Hook to Bogalusa
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Bottom Half of Map: From Sun to Covington
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The maps came from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Historian Don Sharp recently re-emphasized the importance of Lacombe area resident James Rumsey and his contributions to the founding American republic. Rumsey was friends with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, served as George Washington's Chief Engineer, and contributed much to the prosperity of the young country by inventing steam-engine propelled watercraft.
While much is known about the last 12 years of Rumsey's life, Don Sharp has discovered a wealth of information about Rumsey's early life: his ups and downs, accomplishments and disappointments.
To watch Don's video presentation, click on the link below.
In 1972 the Mandeville High School Skippers needed a new bus to bring athletic teams back and forth to games. The old bus had mechanical issues that sometimes stranded football teams halfway home, one time on the Causeway at 2 a.m.
The chosen remedy was a new Blue Goose. A community-wide effort to raise funds for the purchase of the new bus was instituted, and newspapers gave a week-by-week progress report on the fund-raising.
In 1940 these are the girls in the Lyon High School basketball team which would represent Covington in the state tournament. Click on the image to make it larger.
The Covington Celtic Club hosted the 2026 St. Patrick's Day Parade on the streets of downtown Covington on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Hundreds of people lined the streets to enjoy the procession, which included bands, dance groups, decorated cars, a couple of Irish wolfhounds and dozens of participants throwing beads, heads of cabbage, and generally making merry.
Here are some photographs. Click on the images to make them larger. To view a parade video
click here.
