Mary D. C. Cane

Mary Cane was a pioneer woman who arrived in this area in the 1830’s and became known as the “Mother of Shreveport” and the “Grandmother of Bossier City.” She was a prominent businesswoman and landowner in what became Bossier and Caddo Parishes. No photo of her is available, only a photo of her homeplace, which she allowed to become headquarters to the commander of the Dept. of the Trans-Mississippi West, and from which the original lots of Bossier City were carved.