A map drawn in 1889 by R.W. Bringhurst Jr., Parish Surveyor to show the land owners of a portion of Rapides Parish was made to show the land owners just prior to and during the American Civil War years, 1860-1865, as taken from other existing surveys by U.S. Deputy Surveyors and 2 private local surveyors. I suppose in an attempt to clear up bad titles being reestablished after the burning of the courthouse. A copy was given to me by Rufus Smith, the former cartographer in the Assessor's office in Rapides Parish. It comes from some Civil Suit, but is only marked, Exhibit A. I do not know the File number, nor the parties involved, so I cannot retreive other information. On this it shows WISE and Alec WISE owning 2 irregularly shaped tracts of land on the north side of the Red River, one having a front on the river of more than 6 miles, prior to and including a great and sharp bend in the river. Cruikshank's name does not appear, so they must have come after the War. Cruikshank's did own land, I have seen the name in land title work I have done in the area of Kincaid and Valentine Lakes, west of Alexandria. I have not done any work along the corresponding area of Bayou Rapides to know if their land extended that far. In other instances, such as the Cooper's Cedar Grove and the Graham's Tyrone Plantation, the tracts (in some cases) do extend from the right bank descending of Red River across Bayou Rapides and parts cross over Bayou Boeuf. Happy Hunting! And Happy Easter! Houston