Charles Morgan saw opportunity
The town of Brashear City changed its name to Morgan City in 1876 in tribute to Charles Morgan, a Yankee transportation magnate who saw that the combination of a railroad leading from New Orleans a...
OWIs an issue in the age of steam If you think there’s a lot of beer consumed on party boats on Bayou Teche these days, you haven’t heard about the good old days when steamboats tried to outdo themselves for the quality, but espec...
Feds’ might made right On Saturday, Nov. 14, 1863, Union Maj. Bacon Montgomery and men from the U.S. Third Cavalry Brigade rode into St. Martinville, supposedly looking for “French guerrillas.”
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Rags to riches story of Amand Amand Broussard, the son of Joseph “Beausoleil” Broussard, was 1 year old at the time of the Acadian deportation and just 11 years old when his father led a band of exiles to the Teche country.
Apr 21, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Guest Column: Holy Week The Christian “Holy Week” which began Sunday, April 17, reminds Christians of the Life and Passion of Jesus Christ, including the Last Supper, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Jesus Christ rose ...
Strange rituals of the Cajun Holy Week In these parts there have been some religiously observed Holy Week rituals that were birthed in the solemnity of the occasion but that also reflect a native irreverence of gospels of every sort, b...
Apr 14, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Ken Grissom ken.grissom@techetoday.comTeche Today.Com
Booker T. Washington toured Acadiana
On April 14, 1915, one of the most influential black men in U.S. history toured south Louisiana, stopping in New Iberia, Lafayette, and Crowley.
Booker Talliaferro Washington, founder of the famous...
North floods, South waits Snowmelt up north is beginning to catch the eye of folks in the sunny south, because the water draining into the Mississippi River at Minneapolis will eventually have to pass through Louisiana on ...
Apr 08, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Mervine Kahn's was place to shop The Mervine Kahn store was one of the largest and fanciest in south Louisiana for many years but the Rayne landmark was opened almost by accident.
Kahn and Michel Schmulen were on their way to ope...
Slap hot sauce on a tall tale and you have ‘history’ In the 1970s and 1980s, when everything Cajun turned cool and towns and tourist agencies discovered there was money to be made on the phenomenon, “authentic” Cajun legends began to pop up everywhe...
Apr 01, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Mr. Wise always took the bait Each April Fool’s Day I am reminded of Mr. Wise.
I don’t think I ever knew his first name. He delivered the mail to our house for most of the years of my youth and was one of the most important m...
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Jim Bradshaw jhbradshaw@bellsouth.netTeche Today.Com
Bendel name lives in stores across country Henri Bendel died 75 years ago this week. His name is remembered in Acadiana because of the Bendel Gardens subdivision in Lafayette. But that’s not why he’s still remembered in places where high f...
