Math gets in the way of a good story A writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, may have gone just a little bit overboard when he tried in the 1960s to describe St. Martinville in the decades after the French Revolution.
Mar 18, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Tales abound of Lafitte's gold I've found no more than this little piece from the Lafayette Democrat of Nov. 7, 1908, about the treasure scam that suckered tens of thousands of dollars from a handful of residents:
"Price Choat, ...
Charm, grace & beauty on the Teche in 1890 The noted Louisiana historian Alcée Fortier was not an Acadian but did have French roots and was a recognized expert on the language, literature and folklore of Louisiana.
Basile celebrating centennial
The Evangeline Parish community of Basile is marking the 100th anniversary of its incorporation this month, but its history starts more than a century ago.
Basile was first known as Schamber Post ...
Duson bad guy was well armed It was big news in Duson when fast living and local police caught up with Robert Benton Mathus on the morning of March 19, 1953.
He was one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Men when Lafayette Sheriff Ma...
117 years of laissez les bons temps rouler Several years ago I tried to write a single paragraph that contained every cliché ever used to describe what happens in Acadiana on Mardi Gras.
Feb 24, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Bunk Johnson had proper nickname
Everyone's heard of Louis Armstrong, the most famous New Orleans jazz trumpeter of all, but the man who created Armstrong's music and who the New York Times said taught Armstrong to play that music...
Butte La Rose et Les Entourage Bonjour.
Please, je demande you to take a moment to say a prayer for my granddaughter, Lacy Lynn Segura, now at Lafayette General Hospital. She is 32 years old, has cerebral palsy and suffering w...
It takes more than hot sauce The popular misconception of Cajun cooking is that it requires onions, bell pepper, and plenty of hot sauce. But neither the Acadians on the prairies nor those on the bayous had a wide variety of ...
Feb 18, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Politics and old feud turned deadly Practically everyone's heard of the long running feud between the Hatfields and McCoys in the Appalachian back country, but we've had a few bloody family encounters in Acadiana too.
One of them cam...
Cajun anthem? O meo myo! After “Evangeline,” the best-known rhyme about the Cajun country might be Hank Williams’s “Jambalaya,” even if nobody who’s ever lived on the Teche or any other bayou ever called anyone else “ma ch...
Feb 10, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Brits made sneaky survey of Cajun coast Even though Spanish adventurers sailed through the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Mexico beginning in the 1500s, the coastline of Louisiana was mostly uncharted until more than two centuries later,...
