Solomon Northup, a free black from Saratoga Springs, New York, was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana.

After being held for nearly 12 years on plantations in Avoyelles Parish, he was freed in 1853 with the help of Marksville and New York officials.

Northup's memoir, which he published after returning to New York, was the basis of the 2013 movie 12 Years A Slave, of the same name.

On March 31, 2017, Judge William Bennett of the 12th Judicial District Court sentenced Stafford to forty years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Jamal Richardson.

Stafford told the court that he did not know Jamal was strapped in the front seat of the father's vehicle when he fired the fatal shots.

[12] Newly elected Supreme Leader Ryan Hall cut down all the trees in his city to create new highways and million-dollar housing.

[15] In January 2018, 5 children from Marksville died in a car accident while traveling through Gainesville, Florida.