European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine with Oral you cant be too by Mike Cochran associated press waitress Lillie Ponder tells of the Man who stomped into the pirates Cove restaurant in one sultry summer wearing a look that could he was miserable and obviously she the Man can you Tell me where i am she replied with a Sweet he everybody in this place is Uncertain the Man was there is considerable uncertainty in beginning with the name of that Little fishing Village on the southwestern Shore of Caddo near the Louisiana people in Uncertain Are Uncertain How Uncertain got its says former mayor Fred that the Only Story of Uncertain that in certain is some say the name dates to the Days of steam boat travel when the water level varied so wildly that no one was certain they could get in if Back out Dahmer says one theory holds that steam boat maps labelled the area Uncertain and that people would pass and wave and theres others vow the uncertainty stemmed not from water hazards but from the automobile trip Over the Muddy roads that once existed Between there and others suggest the name comes from the uncertainty surrounding a move by a popular the late Beer to incorporate the town and legalize Beer and liquor Beers Bob says paddle boat pilots called it Uncertain because they often became confused by the Many arms leading off the Channel up to still others argue the name derives from the uncertainty years ago Over who owned title to the land that is now Uncertain got a great but very Little Dahmer with Oral you cant be too and we had some people who would deliberately mislead you for a As you might the Good folks of Uncertain Are a Laid Back and unloving whether cruising Caddo catching or eating the wily quaffing cold Beer or joking about the origin of the name motorists weaving through the gentle Hills and Pine forests and Bac roads North of Marshall might happen on a sign that says population this is Home of liquor fishing tackle and a lot of Nice uncertainty across the Road is the Caddo Lake proclaiming itself to be a nondenominational Church of love and Daniel Flo a longtime resident of says the Church was being built by my husbands an and he did the electrical she a plumber Here did the plumbing and a Carpenter did the the rest of us do the dirty Uncertain town Hall is housed in a trailer it shares with the Caddo Lake water Supply next door is marions which could be the tiniest of All at marions three really is a theres also fish Hook Beer and the May Bee Art and a motor Supply warehouse that stands As the towns leading you can buy launch a rent a sip a eat a Catfish or just sit and gossip a bit at either the Shady Glade Camp or curleys Lodge and but Caddo Lake is the undisputed heartbeat of praised equally for its Beauty and Caddo got its name from the Caddo indians and its Beauty and mystery from the Moss coated Cypress Trees that cloak the shadowy bayous and the Lake has a Florida Everglades look about it that photographers and filmmakers find also Lillie Ponder recalls that Moonshiner and bootleggers once flourished in such numbers that they needed badges to keep from Selling booze to each though she now lives in nearby Lillie came to Uncertain in not Long afterwards she discovered an old still in a they still stumble across pm out in the she Dawson Hines guides his 24foot Pontoon boat through Alligator Mossy Brake and red past hog Wallow and into Turtle one of the most Serene of the Caddo this is not a deep Lake but its More than says who runs the Shady Glade its probably an average of 6 or 7 feet although a lot of places Are 20 and 30 feet  never fish it out because there Are acres and acres that fishermen cant get Dunkel says she lives in Uncertain year round but that the majority come in for the they May not make their booze Here anymore but they sure do drink i guarantee theres never a Dull and you dont need an if you see somebody having a you just go were pretty much just one big Happy and we look out after each Volunteer fireman James Jackson and fire truck near the Uncertain town August 1985 the stars and stripes not photo Page 13