Stories in "Historic Businesses of Acadiana: Past and Present": 7
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Against The Grain: The Endurance Of The Conrad Rice Mill: The 112-year-old Conrad Rice Mill is the oldest operating rice mill in America.
The Conrad Rice Mill is a story of success and resilience, steered by competent and astute businessmen from Philip Conrad to Mike Davis.
A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn: The Tragic Story of a Forgotten Getaway
Deep in the bayous of Louisiana once stood Rousseau’s Catahoula Inn. Shaded by majestic oak trees and with the sound of cicadas humming in the background, it was a picturesque respite for young and…
A Survey of Success: The Fenstermaker Story
C. H. Fenstermaker & Associates, L.L.C., started in the back bedroom of Charles Howard Fenstermaker's family home at 317 Allen Street, New Iberia.
Greig's West Main Grocery: Greig's little store was a gatekeeper of the growing city of New Iberia for nearly 50 years.
The buzzer sounded on the kitchen door, notifying Raymond August Greig that someone had entered his store. The kitchen door opened into the small, connected building on West Main Street in New Iberia.…
Peddler to Pioneer: A Slovakian Immigrant's Journey to Church Point Wholesale: Supplying Church Point and the South with almost anything, 112 years and counting.
After four generations of Horeckys and going on two of Gielens, this company remains one of the largest wholesale distributors in the South, located in the tiny town of Church Point. "At Church Point…
Chocolate Soldier Chronicles: From Church Point to Hanley's Bottling Works: Supplying Church Point with delicious refreshments, from 1906 to 1978.
The turn of the century's railroad industry supported the creation and operation of the tiny Church Point Bottling Works by Church Point natives Alcee Sonnier and Pierre Guidry. By the 1950s, the son…
Beyond Hammers and Nails: The Long Legacy of Theo. Daigle & Bros. Hardware Store: Supplying Church Point with the tools to build a town, 114 years and counting.
The Daigle family operated dozens of businesses in Church Point and the surrounding rural areas for decades. Ranging from banks, grocery stores, cotton gins, department stores, and lumber and power…