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Bishop Jeanmard’s War against Racism: St. Paul the Apostle Church - Lafayette, LA
This church was created out of the desire of a minority group to worship together as a community.
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…
Beneath the Oaks, Amidst the Cane: From Oasis Plantation to Episcopal School of Acadiana
Episcopal School of Acadiana resides on the beautiful mid-nineteenth century sugar plantation, Oasis Plantation, sitting along side the sugar cane and underneath the enormous oak trees covering the…
Beloved Businessman
Joseph Bloch was born in France in 1833. He moved to the Americas and Louisiana when he was 21. Bloch owned a mercantile business in Ascension parish before moving to Opelousas. Bloch’s store was…
Belleau Wood Monument: “Retreat, hell we just got here!” ~Capt. Lloyd W. Williams
A black stone memorial accompanied by an American flagpole commemorates the U.S. Marines who fell in Belleau Woods.
Battle of Bisland
The Battle of Bisland
It is 1860, and Abraham Lincoln was Just elected, the first Republican to win the White House. The Southern States had threatened secession if the Republicans won, and by the…
Battle of Bayou Bourbaux: Also Called the Battle of Bayou Carencro
The Battle of Bayou Bourbeux.
The Civil War was entering its third year, Vicksburg had fallen, and the Union had control of the Mississippi. Gettysburg would produce the most significant loss of life…
An Old Plantation Meant for a Queen
: From Rose Hill Plantation to Queen's Ranch
From an antebellum plantation in the mid nineteenth century to a small family farm in the early twenty-first century, the old Rose Hill Plantation in now the beautiful Queen's Ranch.
An Influential Politician: Jean Noel Destrehan
A prominent Louisiana politician and legislator, as well as a mercantilist and planter.
An American Actor's Dream Plantation: From Bob Acres Plantation to Rip Van Winkle House and Gardens
In 1869, American actor Joseph Jefferson purchased “Orange Island,” as it was known at the time of the purchase, which sat atop a salt dome on Lake Peigneur to use as his winter home and hunting…
An Acadian Home: St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church
Learn about the unique church right on the Bayou Teche!
Ambassador Caffery Parkway
Caffery was well known for the many different assignments he had completed.
Allons Chez Tee Maurice: Tee Maurice Race Track and Dance Hall, 1902-1983: Furlongs and Fais Do Dos
The rhythmic sound of hooves flying across the dirt. The cheers of racegoers. The melody of a fiddle and accordion lingering in the evening air. Feet shuffling to a two-step or Cajun waltz. The voices…
All Aboard the Orphan Train!: The History of Opelousas' Orphan Train Movement
Next stop--Opelousas!
Aisne-Marne Cemetery and Memorial: "I never saw men charge to their death with finer spirit." ~Floyd Gibbons
A serene cemetery dotted with white crosses and Stars of David and a white chapel commemorate the loss of American soldiers who fell during the Aisne-Marne operation.
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.
Abbey Players Play On Your Heartstrings: Abbey Players PLAYED their Part
A story about creatives who had very little funds yet still provided a performing arts community in Abbeville with a small secret for their theater.
A.J. Davis Memorial Highway: A Louisiana Pilot's Final Flight
In the heart of Louisiana, where old live oaks stretch out over the bayou roads, there's a highway named after a local hero. This man answered his country's call to serve from the cockpit of a…
A.C. Schiro Memorial Highway: Merryville High School Coach to Sheriff Deputy
A coach is a passionate and dedicated person that encourages and develops a team or player
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.
A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Lake Charles, LA
Though this church and its associated buildings were destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 1910, it has been rebuilt into something magnificent.
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 Grandiose Building with a War-Torn Past: St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA
This immense and ornate church holds centuries of stories which tell the impact of wars on Acadiana.
A Father and Son
Fournet street was named in honor of a father and son that had a very similar life.
A (Huey P.) Long Story: Sam Houston Jones Parkway: LA Highway 378 through Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Louisiana Memorial Highway 18 is named the Sam Houston Jones Parkway. The horizontal portion of Louisiana Highway 378 (LA 378) located in northeast Calcasieu Parish is dedicated in Sam Houston Jones’s…
“The Place Where Everybody Is Somebody”: State Representative Pinkie Wilkerson Memorial Interchange: I-20 & LA 149 interchange in Grambling, Louisiana
Louisiana Memorial Highway 148 is named the State Representative Pinkie Wilkerson Memorial Interchange. The small connection located at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Louisiana Highway 149,…
"The Blessed Company:" SSG William Francis ‘Bill’ Manuel Memorial Highway and Overpass: U.S. Highway 165
Louisiana Memorial Highway number 93 is known as the SSG William Francis ‘Bill’ Manuel Memorial Highway and is a portion of U.S. Highway 165 in Kinder, Louisiana. This is also the location of the…
"Saddest Funeral on the Teche": Mount Carmel Academy
A terrible funeral for a historic school.
"Lafayette Sports Hero" J.C. Reinhardt
J.C. Reinhardt, a graduate from The University of Iowa, who was hired in 1931 came to Lafayette, Louisiana and totally changed the dynamics of local sports. He was brought in to be the head basketball…
"Keep Holy Rosary Alive": Holy Rosary Institute
Historic school in Louisiana for African Americans strives to stay open for good.