C’est Vrai: Les batailleurs du Marais Bouleur Marais Bouleur, the area northeast of Rayne, had a rough reputation early on. People who lived there didn’t back away from anything, least of all each other. That’s why they got to be called les ba...
C’est Vrai: A-bombs and incendiaries The Cold War was at its hottest 50 years ago, and Thomas A. Cochran, Civil Defense training officer for Lafayette, was worried.
One enemy raider loaded with incendiary bombs could burn all of Lafa...
C’est Vrai: Saint-Domingue had big influence When we think of the history of Louisiana, French, Spanish, African, and Acadian influences immediately come to mind. We consider also the role of other European settlers — Germans, Irish, Italian,...
C’est Vrai: Time to start watching the Gulf Memorial Day weekend means it’s time to start watching the Gulf. The beginning of hurricane season is less than a week away, and the predictions are that this could be a mean one.
Philip Klotzbach ...
Time to start watching the Gulf Memorial Day weekend means it's time to start watching the Gulf. The beginning of hurricane season is less than a week ago, and the predictions are that this could be a mean one. Philip Klotzbach ...
C’est Vrai: Fire was big threat to towns Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
Fire was big threat to towns Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
C’est Vrai: Remembering Mary Alice It’s hard to believe that today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acadian...
Remembering Mary Alice It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
C’est Vrai: Cinqo de Mayo and Louisiana Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army’s defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862,
It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to o...
Cinqo de Mayo and Louisiana Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
C’est Vrai: Smokestack marks old plantation Midway between Jeanerette and Baldwin on Hwy. 182, part of an old smokestack rises forlornly above the cane fields. It once stood above what some historians say was the finest sugar factory in Lou...
