About Captain Ron’s Swamp Tours
Captain Ron
Discover Caddo
Captain Ron Hollomon
Captain Ron II is a retired Firefighter from Longview Texas. He now resides in Jefferson and has been conducting tours for this Company for over 5 years.
Jean joined the company to run the office and take care of bookings in 2010 and remains with the company now. When the original Captain Ron retired, due to back surgeries, Ron Hollomon and Jean purchased the Company and continue giving you the best experience they can.
Ron is also experienced in EMT training so you know you are in good hands.
Caddo Lake History
According to Caddo legend, the lake was formed by the 1812 New Madrid earthquake. There may be some truth to the legend, as Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee was formed by that earthquake. However, most geologists think that Caddo Lake was formed, either gradually or catastrophically, by the Great Raft, a 100-mile (160-km) logjam on the Red River in Louisiana, that possibly filled the basin that the earthquake’s intense uplifting and shifting had created.
The channel was used by steamboats to reach the port at Jefferson until water levels fell after the removal of the Great Raft.