In the Green
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Evangeline Memorial Gardens, established by the Melancon family in 1988, is located where Carencro Raceways once stood.
This file appears in: The Legendary Carencro Raceways: From Dirt to the Derby
The Legendary Carencro Raceways: From Dirt to the Derby
On Friday nights we would make a supper—a free supper—and people would enter their horses. After Cajuns have a few beers, their horses are faster and the women are prettier.” The celebrated Don…