Plus ça change More than a third of the nation's oysters come from Louisiana waters and I think the oyster promotion people are dead right when they proclaim, "The Louisiana oyster. There's nothing quite like it....
C’est Vrai: V-12 program kept school open During World War II, Joel Fletcher, president of Southwestern Louisiana Institute (UL today), was forced to consider closing the school as more and more young men left the campus to go off to war....
V12 program kept school open During World War II, Joel Fletcher, president of Southwestern Louisiana Institute (UL today), was forced to consider closing the school as more and more young men left the campus to go off to war. ...
C’est Vrai: Fabacher influential rice farmer Roberts Cove is known as the home of a substantial settlement of German émigrés who helped to create the commercial rice industry in southwest Louisiana. But they were not the only Germans to settl...
Fabacher influential rice farmer Roberts Cove is known as the home of a substantial settlement of German emigres who helped to create the commercial rice industry in southwest Louisiana. But they were not the only Germans to settl...
Family and Consumer News: Foods that don’t freeze well Changing lifestyles have made meal preparation more demanding than ever. Preparing and freezing foods ahead of time can be a great convenience or even a necessity in some instances. But it is impor...
C’est Vrai: Duson brothers were pioneer builders C. C. (Curley) Duson and his brother, William W. Duson, would likely be remembered in Acadiana even if they hadn’t been colorful characters. They founded four towns—Crowley, Iota, Eunice, and Mamo...
Duson brothers were pioneer builders C. C. (Curley) Duson and his brother, William W. Duson, would likely be remembered in Acadiana even if they hadn't been colorful characters. They founded four towns--Crowley, Iota, Eunice, and Mamo...
C’est Vrai: ‘Fire Fiend’ destroyed swath of Rayne The Crowley Signal said it was a wind-driven “fire fiend” that licked through a big part of Rayne in February 1895.
Said the newspaper, the flames “within a space of two short hours left a dozen bu...
C’est Vrai: Blanc brothers hanged for celebrated murder Two French orphans who made their way to Louisiana said reading about the robber Jesse James caused them to commit a notorious murder.
The brothers were born in Paris, Ernest Blanc in 1877 and Al...
C’est Vrai: Perry provided river crossing The act that created Vermilion Parish in 1844 said the parish seat should be located on the west side of the Vermilion River, no more than one-half mile from a place called Perry’s Bridge, today th...
Perry provided river crossing The act that created Vermilion Parish in 1844 said the parish seat should be located on the west side of the Vermilion River, no more than one-half mile from a place called Perry's Bridge, today th...
