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History Matters: Remembering a shrewd Shreveport business pioneer.

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Published September 12, 2017 at 7:45 AM CDT
Mary Bennett Cane (1812-1902) is buried in Oakland Cemetery, land that she once owned before selling it to the city of Shreveport in 1847.
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Mary Bennett Cane (1812-1902) is buried in Oakland Cemetery, land that she once owned before selling it to the city of Shreveport in 1847.
Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 7:45 p.m. Gary Joiner remembers a shrewd Shreveport business entrepreneur, Mary Bennett Cane, who was born 205 years ago this week in New Hampshire. Commentator Gary Joiner recognizes her influence on the Shreveport economy in its early days.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.
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