How Patterson State Bank Co-Founder Made an Impact in Baseball

Looking Back on PSB Co-Founder, Harry Williams: This article was written by Fred Stein for the Society of American Baseball Research Mel Ott’s life is a classic rags-to-riches story of a naive, unheralded, teenager from a small Southern town who rose to great heights...

Flying High and Fast

Looking Back on PSB Co-Founder, Harry Williams: What were some of the fastest airplanes in the world and a lot of aviation history are housed in a little museum in St. Mary Parish near Patterson. The town was once home base for Jimmie Wedell and Harry Williams, who...

Cypress King

Looking Back on PSB Co-Founder, Harry Williams: From just after the Civil War until the 1920s, cypress was king in south Louisiana and during much of that time Frank B. Williams was the cypress lumber king. His cypress mill at Patterson was the largest lumber mill in...