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'''Harold Dennis Freeman''' (April 23, 1940 &ndash; November 23, 2007), known as '''Dennis Freeman''', was from 1984 until his death the [[mayor]] of Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor. For some sixteen years, he worked patiently with highway officials in Louisiana and [[Texas]] to construct a new border bridge over the Sabine.. Freeman also fought to keep the pending  Interstate 69 route in western Louisiana closer to Logansport. He also helped to establish the first fire and ambulance districts in DeSoto Parish.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=98534216|title=Dennis Freeman obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 26, 2007|accessdate=April 13, 2019}}</ref>​

'''Harold Dennis Freeman''' (April 23, 1940 &ndash; November 23, 2007), known as '''Dennis Freeman''', was from 1984 until his death the [[mayor]] of Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor. For some sixteen years, he worked patiently with highway officials in Louisiana and [[Texas]] to construct a new border bridge over the Sabine.. Freeman also fought to keep the pending  Interstate 69 route in western Louisiana closer to Logansport. He also helped to establish the first fire and ambulance districts in DeSoto Parish.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=98534216|title=Dennis Freeman obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 26, 2007|accessdate=April 13, 2019}}</ref>​

Steve Stephens of Logansport said that his friend Freeman did a "magnificent job and will be sorely missed.  ... Dennis understood problems and knew how to get things done in government. His death is a loss for this community and this area." Near the end of his life as he fought [[cancer]], Freeman was also attempting to mitigate the closure of a Georgia Pacific plywood plant, the largest employer in Logansport. He worked with state and local agencies to help displaced workers and to procure solutions to the economic gap created from the loss of the plant.<ref name="The Shreveport Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/NEWS01/711270322/1002/NEWS|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=no longer on-line.}}</ref>​

Steve Stephens of Logansport said that his friend Freeman did a "magnificent job and will be sorely missed.  ... Dennis understood problems and knew how to get things done in government. His death is a loss for this community and this area." Near the end of his life as he fought [[cancer]], Freeman was also attempting to mitigate the closure of a Georgia Pacific plywood plant, the largest employer in Logansport. He worked with state and local agencies to help displaced workers and to procure solutions to the economic gap created from the loss of the plant.<ref name="The Shreveport Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/NEWS01/711270322/1002/NEWS|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|title=News article on death of Mayor Freeman|date=November 27, 2007; no longer on-line.}}</ref>​

==Background and political campaigns==

==Background and political campaigns==