“Night At The
Museum”
The Brown and Treat
Family In Minden
The 55th “Night at the Museum” will take place Monday October
12, 2015. This event will feature
several of our long time Minden residents.
Louise Baird Snook, Lucy Dickinson Adkins and Margaret Baird Evans. The talk will be centered on the Brown / Treat
families and the impact they had in Minden.
William Joseph Brown the great grandfather of the speakers
for the evening, moved to Minden in 1902 from Arkansas with two of his
children- Hubert and Helen. Helen would
become the grandmother of these three women that will be telling their family
story. W.J. Brown ran the Hicks Co
Wholesalers and purchased the house on Oak Street near Academy Park. Today that house is being restored by the 6th
generation of family members.
Frank Burnett Treat
moved to Louisiana after serving in WWI and finishing college around 1920. He was a chemical engineer working for Ohio
Oil Company. He met and married W.J. Brown’s
daughter Helen in January of 1923. They had
three children. Four of their
grandchildren still live in or have returned to Minden to live. The Treat name has been associated with many
types of businesses for many years in Minden.
The Brown / Treat Families have certainly left and important mark on
Webster parish.
Don't miss your
chance to hear about some of our area rich history. The museum events will be
held in the Media/Learning room at the Dorcheat Historical
Association Museum 116 Pearl Street , Minden , La. 5:30 p.m. ,
with first-come, first-serve seating. Program begins at 6:00 p.m. , admission is free with
potluck desserts and snacks welcome.
For more information contact Schelley Brown Francis at
318-377-3002 or visit www.museuminminden.blogspot.com
to sign up for the museum email blast. You can also find the museum on
Facebook. To learn more about Webster Parish's rich history visit the Dorcheat Historical Association
Museum 116 Pearl Street Minden 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed from 1-2 for lunch), Saturday CLOSED. The
museum admission is free. Also open for special tours and rental by
appointment.
