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Ferry License Site of Ray's Ferry Today. Ray's Ferry in Louisiana, United States, is the point along Bayou Boeuf in Avoyelles Parish, at which the road between Opelousas and Marksville crossed the waterway. A ferry service operated here from 1816. It is unknown how long the ferry was in service.
Edwin Epps House is a Creole cottage built in 1852 (173 years ago) () in part by Solomon Northup [1] on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. [2] It was built for Edwin Epps, a slaveholder. [1] The house was a "double-sided, wood frame house with one chimney, and a tin roof" of mid-sized farmers. [3]
The southern boundary starts north of La-182 (exit 27), northwest of Beggs where Bayou Courtableau swings north to follow I-49 as the western boundary. The northern boundary is north of La-181 (Exit 56), south of US 167 (Exit 61) with bayou boeuf-cocodrie diversion channel as the western boundary. [1]
Ezra Bennett came to Eldred's Bend on Bayou Boeuf from New York in 1830.He came to teach school, either as a private tutor in a village or as a resident at some plantation. The rich land of the'area had been settled comparatively recently and Bayou "Boeuf provided access to the outspLde world-for the planter's produce.
The Bayou Boeuf is the means of transportation for the planter, and the Crocodile for the lumber men." [ 7 ] Washington, sometimes called Washington Landing, is located about 6 mi (9.7 km) north of the parish seat of Opelousas, and had developed into a thriving trading center and inland port in the years before the civil war. [ 16 ]
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, Sixth Ward Middle School, and Thibodaux High School serve the Bayou Boeuf area. [8] [9] Fletcher Technical Community College has Lafourche Parish in the college's service area. [10] Additionally, a Delgado Community College document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area. [11]
The Coast Guard has called off its search for a missing teenage couple believed to have gone swimming one night last week off of Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii. Human remains have since been located ...
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