C’est Vrai: Louisiana Story a movie classic “Louisiana Story,” filmed in south Louisiana in 1946 and 1947 may be the most poetic industrial film ever made.
Helen van Dongen, who was film editor for the movie, called it a “ballet of the rough...
Louisiana Story a movie classic "Louisiana Story," filmed in south Louisiana in 1946 and 1947 may be the most poetic industrial film ever made. Helen van Dongen, who was film editor for the movie, called it a "ballet of the roug...
C’est Vrai: Of speeding trains and flying hats On Christmas Day 1882 it became possible to travel by rail from New Orleans to San Francisco. That was the day the final rail was put down to establish the Southern Pacific Railroad system. But th...
C’est Vrai: Opelousas meant ‘black leg’ Archaeologists think Native Americans lived in the Opelousas area more than 10,000 years ago. Historians know Indians were here when Europeans arrived, because the place is named for the Opelousas ...
C’est Vrai: Old Spanish Trail scenic route Before highways had numbers, they had names, and one of the best known of them was the Old Spanish Trail that ran through south Louisiana as it connected the Spanish colonial towns of St. Augustine...
C’est Vrai: There’s always been plenty to see Tourism is big business in south Louisiana today, but even in the Acadiana of the 1940s there was plenty to see, A guidebook compiled by the Writers’ Program of the Works Project Administration des...
C’est Vrai: Hunting led to Gueydan’s founding The Vermilion Parish community of Gueydan is known for its annual Duck Festival, and that’s appropriate because Jean-Pierre Gueydan began thinking about the possibilities of a town while he was hun...
C’est Vrai: Soileau helped put swing
in music Legendary fiddle player and Ville Platte native Leo Soileau had Cajun roots but he liked that Texas swing. His 1928 recording Hé, Mom with accordion player Mayeus LaFleur, became a classic and Caju...
Handicapping Field Day
The first athletic contests at Southwest Louisiana Industrial Institute (UL Lafayette today) were annual Field Days begun in 1904, in which SLII and area high schools competed in track and field ...
C’est Vrai: Poupeville moved to the railroad Before Rayne was Rayne it was Poupeville, named after a merchant named Jules Poupeville who had a store there. Before it was Poupeville, it was Queue Tortue. It was named Rayne after B. W. L. Rayne...
C’est Vrai: Oysters, shrimp, long staples Jacques Lehmann, who arrived in Brashear City in 1870 as an employee of the Morgan Steamship Line, was one of the pioneers who helped establish the south Louisiana seafood industry. He opened a bus...
Employer support for guard,
reserve worthy of note We are fortunate in the United States for many reasons. Perhaps the greatest is we enjoy a host of freedoms guaranteed and secured by a fighting spirit that dates back to the American Revolution. A...
