The first school for white children in the area was established in the Green Oak community, located north of modern-day Kinder and just west of what would become the Coushatta Casino Resort.

[2] School in those early years was typically held in the three hottest months (June, July, and August) so that students on the west bank of the Calcasieu River could cross to attend classes.

[3] Kinder's high school played a key role in the United States military's preparedness for combat in the run-up to World War II.

The United States Army held in August and September 1941 a series of exercises called the Louisiana Maneuvers, designed to evaluate U.S. training, logistics, doctrine, and commanders.

Some 400,000 troops and their commanders were sent to northern and west-central Louisiana to participate, including some of the most senior officers in the Army like Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.