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The first Strawberry Festival was held in April 1972 on the first block of North 6th Street and was co-sponsored by the Ponchatoula Jaycees and the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce. The first festival was small and only had 11 booths. It was a two-day event beginning with a baseball game between Southeastern Louisiana University and Wisconsin State.
Emma Augusta Browne was born in Rochester, New York on September 15, 1858. Her father, W. S. Brown, was a successful business man in that city. Her mother was the only sister of Hon. Frederic Whiting, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, whose published genealogy traces the family back 600 years.
The Ponchatoula Commercial Historic District in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] Eleven of the early 20th century buildings have been determined to be historically significant. [2] [3] [4] The following is an excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places ...
Willie Akers carried the same name as his father who founded the city of Ponchatoula. In the year 1871 Willie moved to Manchac with his family and built a house near a section of high ground that the locals called Jones Island. Then in the year 1857 Willie was appointed as the first postmaster of Manchac and served as the local telegraph ...
It’s one of the most popular Christmas films of all time, but Love Actually didn’t exactly warm Hugh Grant’s heart when he saw it for the first time.. The British actor famously starred as ...
Nicole Echeverria moved to Lisbon in 2019 for graduate school after saving money at home. She met her now-fiancé two years ago. ... I fell in love, got engaged, and have no plans to move back to ...
Christina Milian is opening up about her family’s big move. Appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday, Nov. 5, the singer, 43, revealed why she and her family moved from Hollywood to France.
In 1971, the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce, together with a local nonprofit group, the Jaycees, imagined a festival that would celebrate the town's bountiful harvest and bring the community together. This led to the creation of the inaugural Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, founded in 1972.