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...
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...
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 ...
Egg knocking serious business "Pacques Pacques" means "Easter Easter" in French, but it is also the name in Louisiana of a contest that began innocently enough but that has become a major tradition in some Louisiana communities...
Lafitte wasn't only pirate Jean Lafitte was the most notorious — and successful — of the pirates operating from Louisiana in the early 1800s, but he wasn't the only one.
A federal grand jury in New Orleans reported in July 1...
Saving the Southern Club The news that an attempt is being made to restore the old Southern Club will bring a lot of memories to folks who remember what some consider the heyday of Louisiana's distinctive swamp pop music.
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Home Front gave much in WWII Many slogans were associated with World War II but the unspoken slogan had to be "Waste not, want not." It seemed that the citizenry was constantly reminded that everything they'd once thrown away ...
Why Vermilion? Why is the muddy, brown Vermilion River named for a shade of red?
Legend has it that the name came from the red color of water that got into the river when the Red River flooded. It sounds plausibl...
Why Vermilion? Why is the muddy, brown Vermilion River named for a shade of red?
Legend has it that the name came from the red color of water that got into the river when the Red River flooded. It sounds plausibl...
Why Vermilion? Why is the muddy, brown Vermilion River named for a shade of red?
Legend has it that the name came from the red color of water that got into the river when the Red River flooded. It sounds plausibl...
A simple song that went to the top Floyd Soileau, in a note about our recent comments on the closing of his legendary record shop, reminds me of "a young musician from Lebeau who wrote and recorded a simple little song that won him ...
Estherwood and the pirate Estherwood had two names before it became Estherwood: Tortue, after the Attakapas chief Celestine La Tortue, and Coulee Trief, for Jean-Baptiste Trief, a mysterious man believed to have been one of...
