Welcome to  Jamestown, North Dakota, Hometown of Writer  Louis L'Amour

The city of Jamestown, North Dakota, is the proud hometown of world-renowned writer Louis L'Amour (1908-1988). Through his 116 novels, 400 short stories and a book of poems, Louis L'Amour has endeared himself to his millions of readers in the United States and around the world. He is the only novelist to receive the Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Freedom. He is a recipient of North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.

The Louis L'Amour Heritage Committee of Jamestown, ND is spearheading a drive to convince the US Post Office to issue a commemorative stamp for Louis L'Amour. The Committee members are glad to give the web-surfing public an opportunity to participate in our drive.  If you wish to send a letter in support of this project, please send it to:

The Committee has already received heartwarming support from people throughout the country and is glad to receive copies of letters sent to Washington. If you would like to forward a copy of your letter of support to the committee in Jamestown, please send it to:

The committee has printed petition forms for groups to show their collective support for the stamp effort. These petitions have been passed around at service club meetings, retirement homes and neighborhoods and sent in to Washington. You can request a copy of the petition by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the committee at the Jamestown address above.

You can also contact Reese and Margaret Hawkins, promotors of the LLHC, at  lamourheritage@buffalocity.net.

Here are some more links to sites of interest for L'Amour fans and people interested in Jamestown and in North Dakota:

• The Official Louis L'Amour Website -- set up under the auspices of Kathy and Beau L'Amour
• Tomas Hood's Un-Official Louis L'Amour Tribute WebSite -- visit this site for a fine succinct biography of Louis L'Amour and links to other sites as well.
• NoDaks on the Web! Pages about North Dakota, by people in North Dakota and by North Dakotans living in exile.

If you wish to communicate or comment, please send Reese, Margaret and the Committee some mail and they'll get back to you. You can also stop by the Committee Offices and see the Hawkins' wonderful L'Amour collection and archives. They're in downtown Jamestown, ND, in Meidinger Square at the address above.

Please send any requests for links or site information to the Webmaster for the Louis L'Amour Heritage Committee Project, Kate Stevenson.

Copyright ©1999, Kate Stevenson for the Louis L'Amour Heritage Committee of Jamestown, ND.
Page last edited on 02 May, 2000
Jamestown's Louis L'Amour Page/ stevenso@jc.edu