Natchitoches, Louisiana

==Noted events==
[[Image:Steel Magnolias Bed and Breakfast in Natc hitoches, LA IMG 2038.JPG|thumb|right|The Steel Magnolias Bed and Breakfast on Jefferson Street is among some fifty such lodgings in Natchitoches]]
[[Image:Violet Hill Bed and Breakfast in Natchitoches, LA IMG 2046.JPG|thumb|right|The Violet Hill Bed and Breakfast in Natchitoches]]

Natchitoches was the site of a gas pipeline explosion on March 4, 1965 that killed 17 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gendisasters.com/louisiana/53/natchitoches,-la-gas-pipeline-explosion,-mar-1965 |title=Natchitoches, LA Gas Pipeline Explosion, Mar 1965 |publisher=GenDisasters.com |access-date=October 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628195618/http://www3.gendisasters.com/louisiana/53/natchitoches,-la-gas-pipeline-explosion,-mar-1965 |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1973, singer-songwriter [[Jim Croce]] was killed when [[Jim Croce#Death|his plane crashed as it was leaving]] [[Natchitoches Regional Airport]].

Natchitoches received numerous [[New Orleans]] evacuees due to [[Hurricane Katrina]] (2005). Many college students from [[New Orleans]] were transferred to [[Northwestern State University]] to continue their education. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/BehavioralHealth/LaSpirit/UnsungHeroesNorthLA.pdf |access-date=2024-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228085406/https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/BehavioralHealth/LaSpirit/UnsungHeroesNorthLA.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2016 }}</ref>