In 1978, the historic Steamboat Warehouse Restaurant in Washington was selected as the first-place winner…
Carola HartleyApril 18, 2022
The featured photograph shows the Frisco Depot located near the railroad tracks on North Union…
Carola HartleyApril 16, 2022
When St. Landry Now reporter Bobby Ardoin asked me to accompany him to NuNu's Wednesday…
Freddie HerpinApril 13, 2022
The northeast corner of Landry and Main streets in downtown Opelousas was named for Dr.…
Carola HartleyApril 12, 2022
On July 25, 1950, the Associated Press announced the US Congress had appropriated $930,000 for…
Carola HartleyApril 11, 2022
Owned by John and Beulah Badeaux, the Traveler’s Motel and Café was located on U.…
Carola HartleyApril 9, 2022
After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, in1805, people from other areas of the United States came…
Carola HartleyApril 8, 2022
This photo from the past provides us with a glimpse of the corner of Main…
Carola HartleyApril 7, 2022
The Plonsky’s Opera House, pictured here in the early 1900s, is from Ophelia Pitre Lafleur’s…
Carola HartleyApril 4, 2022
When reading the story of Opelousas, one can’t help but notice how the art of…
Carola HartleyApril 3, 2022
On September 29, 1883, the St. Landry Democrat newspaper announced Jacques Alphonse Ventre was building…
Carola HartleyApril 1, 2022
Stonewood, located in Bellevue near Opelousas was built in 1900 for Dr. Lawrence H. Daly…
Carola HartleyMarch 30, 2022
Vee's 5 and 10 cents store opened in downtown Opelousas at the corner of Bellevue…
Carola HartleyMarch 29, 2022
Although racing horses as a sport, and a business goes back over 200 years in…
Carola HartleyMarch 28, 2022
About three inches of snow fell overnight in Opelousas on Thursday, January 25, 1940.
Carola HartleyMarch 23, 2022
Today's photograph from the past is from the album of Ophelia Pitre Lafleur, featured in…
Carola HartleyMarch 16, 2022
The son of Jules Leopold Cahanin (1862-1953) and Philomene Marvina Richard (1866-1919), Leopold was born…
Carola HartleyMarch 14, 2022
A glimpse of Landry Street in downtown Opelousas during the 1940s shows all the activity…
Carola HartleyMarch 12, 2022
Here are some of the recent e-mails written beginning in late February and early March…
Bobby ArdoinMarch 11, 2022
Have you ever entered the St. Landry Parish Courthouse from Court Street?
Carola HartleyMarch 10, 2022
The Louisiana Yambilee Festival was a great event in Opelousas each October, beginning on October…
Carola HartleyMarch 7, 2022
Some citizens of Opelousas today are descendants of New York orphans who came to Opelousas…
Carola HartleyMarch 6, 2022
Photographs from Carola Lillie Hartley Collection CAROLA LILLIE HARTLEYContributing Writer A. Clary Grocery Store was…
Carola HartleyMarch 5, 2022
A few months ago, a good friend gave me two antique photograph albums. Most of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 26, 2022
Several years ago, Robert “Bob” Bienvenu (1936-2022) sent me this photo and information on the…
Carola HartleyFebruary 24, 2022
The 1942 AIC six-man Football Team is pictured on school grounds in the fall of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 23, 2022
The history of education for the Opelousas area Black community goes back to the late…
Carola HartleyFebruary 22, 2022
What began as the St. Landry Training School over a century ago, became J. S.…
Carola HartleyFebruary 20, 2022
The first college for Blacks in Opelousas was St. Joseph’s Industrial College, also called St.…
Carola HartleyFebruary 18, 2022
Although the game of football came to St. Landry Parish in about 1893, the first…
Carola HartleyFebruary 12, 2022
The Magnolia Lodge #197 in Washington was chartered on February 16, 1870, with Daniel H,…
Carola HartleyFebruary 11, 2022
Things seem to be looking much nicer in downtown Opelousas as several of the historic…
Freddie HerpinFebruary 10, 2022
Ever think about some of the first things that happened in the historic town of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 10, 2022
Three friends who were born and raised in Washington, Louisiana are shown here in this…
Carola HartleyFebruary 9, 2022
