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In 1804, Alexandre Mouton, the son of founder Jean, was born in Lafayette and would later become a U.S. Senator and, from 1843 to 1846, Governor of Louisiana. [ 4 ] On April 17, 1863, the Battle of Vermilion Bayou was fought, the third battle in a series of running battles between Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks and Confederate ...
Fontenot, Ruth Robertson (1955). Some History of St. Landry Parish from the 1690s. Opelousas: (The Opelousas) Daily World. OCLC 5581766. Harper, John N. (2018). Mississippi Valley Mélange: A Collection of Notes and Documents for the Genealogy and History of the Province of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans. Baton Rouge, Louisiana ...
Louisiana Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole, Louisiana Creole: manjé kréyòl, Spanish: cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Native American influences, [1] [2] as well as influences from the general cuisine of the Southern United States.
The last major French-language newspaper in New Orleans, L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans, ceased publication on December 27, 1923, after ninety-six years. [102] Some sources claim Le Courrier de la Nouvelle Orleans was in publication until 1955. [103] Today, people speak Louisiana French or Louisiana Creole, mainly in more rural areas.
Canray Fontenot was born in L'Anse aux Vaches, near Basile, Louisiana; [3] [4] his family was from nearby Duralde. [5] Fontenot, who grew up working on a family farm, inherited his musical skills from his parents, who played accordion; his father Adam, known as "Nonc Adam", played with Amédé Ardoin. [3]
Location of Lafayette Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Other early settlers mentioned include Jacques Fontenot, Louis Redan, General Garis de Flaugeac, Artemon Lafleur, and Valentine Savoy. Savoy, incidentally, was the first man to begin the manufacture of spinning wheels in this part of the country; he operated a large plantation, a cotton gin and a saw mill.
Armand Duplantis (born 1999), pole vaulter, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, is of Cajun descent by his father Greg; Ernie Duplechin (1932-2020), former head football coach and athletic director at McNeese State University; Mike Fontenot (born 1980), Philadelphia Phillies baseball player; Hoyle Granger (born 1944), former NFL and AFL running back