Draft Horses for Sale near Denham Springs, LA

About Denham Springs, LA

The area has been known as Amite Springs, Hill's Springs, and Denham Springs. The original land claims of John Noblet and Alexander Hogue form what is now the older section of Denham Springs, including the first residential and business districts. In 1828, William Denham, a Wilkinson County, Mississippi, native, married Mercy Hogue, the daughter of Alexander Hogue; and three months later he purchased the 640 acres (2.6 km 2) originally claimed by his father-in-law. Denham purchased the land and a slave for $1,350. A popular belief, supported by previously published histories, is that William Denham discovered the mineral springs on his property and that a health resort quickly grew up there.