ALEXANDRIA, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A more than two-hundred-year-old tale about a circuit-riding preacher named John Shrock proves that some Americans in the Red River Valley during the early 1800s had the ...

A circuit-riding preacher from Clintonville risked it all to help out escaped slaves. The Underground Railroad was a secret system that helped escaped slaves find freedom in the North, and the dangers ...

In looking through reams of collectibles, I re-discovered something I’d been asked to read in 1984 at Homestead United Methodist Church as part of their bicentennial celebration. Enter the life story ...

On a blistering hot day, compounded by a howling wind that wouldn't quit, cowboy preacher Dan Boyd and his wife, Grace, rode slowly on horseback along the shoulder of U.S. Highway 310. On the road ...

When two branches of your family send you the same off-beat national news story—with convincing rationale and within an hour of each other—you’d better at least read it. I did more than that. I read ...

A two-year plan to travel as a circuit-riding preacher has turned into a longer journey, but for Dan Boyd it’s all part of a larger plan. Dubbing himself “the last circuit riding preacher,” Boyd was ...

One of the joys of historical research is stumbling upon a previously unknown source. The thrill of discovery is even greater when the source is interestingly written. Recently I discovered a memoir ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALEXANDRIA, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A more than ...