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This page was updated October 3, 2009

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Johniken Homestead served as the Rankin Home at Pelican from 1933 to 1944.
L.to R.: Paul, Donald, Dan Gertrude, Eleanor, Scott
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Photo by Joan Rankin in 1981
Go to links below for the various pages
Or, go to Links by Mississippi Settlement descendants below the banners

The four banners below comprise the Rankin Pages
A site with insight and inspiration for the world weary wanderer
The Rankins of the Ark-La-Tex - referring to the three states where
they were born and raised - are depicted in these pages.

This is a story of the move of a group of families from Mississippi to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
in the late 1800s. The Rankin Family of the Ark-La-Tex are descendants of the Mississippi Settlers.
A page of interest to children and adults. It highlights the animals in our lives in recent years.
Go there now and read the true, heartwarming story of Pancake, The Easter Cat.

Note four new sites - including Memory Lane - listed for Lucille Ainsworth,
Walter Keener and Middle Fork Outfitters with Frank and Rita Rankin - go to links
Candi's Blog Spot | Dykes & Kelly | Dykes Family Site | Golden Memory | Heartland
Treasures | Jeff's Pages| Memory Lane| Middle Fork Outfitters| Mississippi Photos
Nelda's Genealogy| Pelican Clarion| Quilts & Things | Rankin Genealogy
Rankin Photos | Turner Family | Two Brothers | Walter Keener

Desert in Bloom in Israel
Photo by Jerry Golden
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Albert Einstein once said: "The world is too evil a place to live in, not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who just sit and let it happen."

Snow scene in Putnam County NY - click photo for Web Shots

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Major Louisiana Newspapers below And, below that are some interesting links

Monroe | Alexandria | Houma | Lafayette | Shreveport
Baton Rouge | New Orleans | Lake Charles
The Daily Iberian
Chimp Haven| The White Pages| The Old Barn| In The Valley| The Golden Report
"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." -- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
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