A Peace Treaty that wasn't supposed to be peaceful was signed by the tribes southern Indian Territory at Camp Napoleon in May 1865.

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1873 claimed several victims in Shreveport, including Eugene Woodruff, who removed the Raft of the Red River.

The Colfax Massacre along the Red River was the most violent episode in Reconstruction Louisiana.

The Red River Valley witnessed racialist violence, based on whites deflecting, throughout the first half of the 20th century.