Colfax
Colfax is a site in Colfax, Louisiana. April 13, 1873—the courthouse massacre that ended Reconstruction. HauntHunt files it with dark history, massacres and local folklore. Its accounts name only a collective — the colfax dead. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Colfax haunted?
The record holds 2 claims, 1 legend, 1 named entity — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed documented legend. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Colfax is the massacre — the '73 Easter that killed 150, the Black militia who surrendered. The courthouse was the contested — the '72 election that was disputed, the Grant Parish that's the president's name. The Cruikshank was the ruling — the Supreme Court that freed the killers, the Jim Crow that was enabled.
The cannon was the threat — the surrender that it forced, the executions that followed. The Riot Tree was the witness — the pecan that stood near, the spot that's unmarked. Colfax is the Reconstruction's — the deadliest racial violence, the 'home rule' that was restored.
The file keeps Colfax: the 1873 massacre, the disputed election, the Cruikshank ruling, and the Riot Tree.
Colfax is the archive's Louisiana file — the Reconstruction massacre.
Why this file matters
Colfax is the archive's Louisiana file — the Jim Crow's birth.
A courthouse keeps its tree — the file's suggestion being that Colfax's hold is the Cruikshank: the massacre that was enabled, the 150 who died, and the ruling that freed the killers.
The record of claims
The dead are reportedly remembered. The presences go by the Colfax dead in the file. Colfax's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'Colfax' carries the account. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.
The massacre is documented history. The site in Colfax, Louisiana gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. Sources including 'Colfax' keep the claim in circulation. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.
The dead are reportedly remembered. The reports at Colfax are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'Colfax' keep the claim in circulation. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.
Alleged entities
The dead are reportedly remembered. The accounts name only a collective — the Colfax dead. The reports at Colfax are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The report is preserved in sources like 'Colfax'. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household.
Documented history
The April 13, 1873 massacre is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Colfax' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest. The file stays open on it. The report keeps its place in the record.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01ColfaxWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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