http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/Converse/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Louisiana , Converse en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:01:30 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:01:30 UTC After a great night at Kate Hildebrand's family we traveled through Texas and Louisiana to the little town of Converse.The town was founded by Col. James Converse who owned a lot of land in the area. It was a thriving boom town at one time. The financial center of town was the Converse State Bank. It enjoyed an oil boom. Recently it has been declining but still sports a great little High Scho http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Louisiana/Converse/blog-111950.html