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'''Shreveport''' is the third largest city in the state of [[Louisiana]].  The metropolitian city had a population of 392,302 in 2000. <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_US25&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-10%7CUS-10S&-_lang=en] 2000 Census </ref>  Shreveport is located in the north west corner of the state where [[Arkansas]], Louisiana, and [[Texas]] meet. The city is named after Capt. Henry Miller Shreve, a river boat captain credited with clearing a major logjam from the Red River in the 1830's, allowing trade to flourish in the region.  Barksdale Air Force Base, headquarters of the 8th Air Force, is located across the Red River in Bossier City.  The [[Boeing]] [[B-52]] Stratofortress and the Fairchild-Republic [[A-10]] Thunderbolt II are the primary aircraft at the base, which opened in 1933.  Shreveport was also a major oil business center and Standard Oil of Louisiana was based in the city until it was absorbed into [[Standard Oil]] (Esso) of New Jersey. Shreveport is the home of Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS), Centenary College, Southern University at Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University.   

'''Shreveport''' is the third largest city in the state of [[Louisiana]].  The metropolitian city had a population of 392,302 in 2000. <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_US25&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-10|US-10S&-_lang=en] 2000 Census </ref>  Shreveport is located in the north west corner of the state where [[Arkansas]], Louisiana, and [[Texas]] meet. The city is named after Capt. Henry Miller Shreve, a river boat captain credited with clearing a major logjam from the Red River in the 1830's, allowing trade to flourish in the region.  Barksdale Air Force Base, headquarters of the 8th Air Force, is located across the Red River in Bossier City.  The [[Boeing]] [[B-52]] Stratofortress and the Fairchild-Republic [[A-10]] Thunderbolt II are the primary aircraft at the base, which opened in 1933.  Shreveport was also a major oil business center and Standard Oil of Louisiana was based in the city until it was absorbed into [[Standard Oil]] (Esso) of New Jersey. Shreveport is the home of Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS), Centenary College, Southern University at Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University.   

==Shreveport Sports==

==Shreveport Sports==

[[Category:United States Towns and Cities]]

[[Category:United States Cities and Towns]]