From July 1, 2014, Shreveport (La.) Times.
The marker read: "Confederate Navy Yard: One block west near the mouth of Cross Bayou at Red River the ironclad Missouri and ram Webb built. Missouri armored with railroad iron. In 1863 the Webb fought USS Indianola near Vicksburg. Missouri was surrendered here May 1865."
The state purchased the aluminum sign and placed it on a traffic island. It is now gone and no one knows what happened to it.
Also, a few years ago, a bronze marker detailing where Confederate forts and batteries were located on Marshall Street was stolen.
The missing marker was placed in 1975 at a cost of $325. Estimates show a replacement one will cost $1,900 to $2,200.
--Old B-Runner
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