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Nov 21, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
I am a decent marksman, so most of the deer I have killed over the years have either dropped in their tracks or ran a short distance before expiring. But there have been times when I muffed a shot and had to track down a deer.
My farthest tracking experience took place one balmy day when I was scouting in the Floyd Creek bottom. While walking along looking for rubs and scrapes, a doe and five-point buck trotted up behind me.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
entandaudiologynews.com | Terry Jones
Professor Wolfgang Steiner. Wolfgang Steiner inspired a whole generation of head and neck surgeons. Terry Jones gives us his own personal perspective.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
When I was a boy rambling around, I didn’t worry much about snakes and other critters, but I did have a healthy respect for the PWRs. PWR was an initialism for “Piney Woods Rooter” and is what we called the hogs that roamed free.
Pork was an essential food item for rural people, and families ran hogs in the woods for generations. PWRs were so important in Winn Parish that it was said you were better off fooling around with a man’s wife than his hogs.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
During the Civil War, approximately 13,000 Louisiana soldiers fought in Virginia with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Because of their wild, sometimes violent, behavior in camp and ferocity in battle, they became known as the Louisiana Tigers. In the late 19th century, the LSU football coach chose the Tiger mascot as a tribute to them.
About one-fourth of the Tigers died during the war, combat and disease accounting for most fatalities.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
In 1931, the Carey Salt Company opened an underground mine just outside Winnfield, Louisiana, that became one of the nation’s most important sources of salt. It came to employ about one hundred people and was a popular destination for local students on field days.
When the mine suddenly flooded in 1965, rumors spread that the flooding was the result of damage inflicted on the mine when the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) conducted nuclear tests there a few years earlier.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
This summer has been a scorcher but at least most of us have air conditioning and fans to help cope. That was not the case in 1936 when the hottest summer on record (at the time) blistered the country.
My father grew up on a rural Winn Parish farm during the Depression and remembered sometimes crying at night as a kid because the heat was so oppressive. There was no electricity in the house for a fan, so the only way to cool off was to sleep on the porch.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
During my thirty-plus years of teaching American History, I always taught my students about how some enslaved people in the Old South escaped north to freedom by navigating a clandestine network popularly known as "The Underground Railroad".
Recently, I learned something new. While most of the enslaved who escaped did head north, some, particularly in Louisiana, sought freedom by heading west and then south to Mexico. Alice L.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
ranker.com | Terry Jones |Jason Bancroft
Terry Jones was not just a founding member of the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe; he was also a brilliant director whose films have left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. Known for his inventive storytelling, unique humor, and Monty Python movies, Jones' work ranges from outrageously funny to thought-provoking and whimsical. This list celebrates the best movies directed by Terry Jones, showcasing his versatility and creativity behind the camera.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
My parents were avid readers and always subscribed to a variety of newspapers and magazines. Outdoor Life and Field & Stream were two of my favorites, but I enjoyed reading anything about hunting and fishing.
Over the years, I frequently ran across Glynn Harris’s outdoor stories and enjoyed his humorous and folksy writing style. Then, about twenty years ago, I became an outdoor writer myself and joined the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association (LOWA).
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
countryroadsmagazine.com | Terry Jones
I grew up in Winn Parish, where the people have always marched to a different drum. In 1861, they defied Southern Democratic politics and voted against secession. But once civil war erupted, hundreds of its men fought to defend the state against invasion. Many died on the battlefield.
At the turn of the 20th century, Winn turned socialist and voted for Eugene V. Debs for president, and a few decades later sent populists Huey Long, his brother Earl, and O. K. Allen to the governor’s mansion.
