The Plonsky’s Opera House, pictured here in the early 1900s, is from Ophelia Pitre Lafleur’s…
Carola HartleyApril 4, 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
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
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
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
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
The Magnolia Lodge #197 in Washington was chartered on February 16, 1870, with Daniel H,…
Carola HartleyFebruary 11, 2022
As part of the United States Work Progress Administration started by President Franklin Roosevelt uring…
Carola HartleyFebruary 7, 2022
In 1906, a group of cotton planters who were tired of traveling to Opelousas to…
Carola HartleyFebruary 5, 2022
The featured photograph above shows the Petetin Store in Grand Coteau, photographed by Lester Jones…
Carola HartleyFebruary 2, 2022
A little over a year ago Tommy Lafleur loaned me two photo albums to look…
Carola HartleyJanuary 31, 2022
In 1896 Fred Sandoz opened his general merchandise store on the corner of West Landry…
Carola HartleyJanuary 28, 2022
For centuries the chain of lakes in St. Landry Parish around the Opelousas area flowed…
Carola HartleyJanuary 22, 2022
The history of education in Washington is similar to the education history in neighboring Opelousas…
Carola HartleyJanuary 20, 2022
Main Street in downtown Opelousas has always been a vital part of the commercial districts…
Carola HartleyJanuary 17, 2022
A little more Opelousas history: As more Jewish immigrants came into the Opelousas area, the…
Carola HartleyJanuary 7, 2022
The town of Washington kicked off the Christmas season Saturday with a day long schedule…
Freddie HerpinDecember 11, 2021
This historic photograph shows the City Hall in Melville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in the…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
I once heard someone say: “People have stories, homes have stories, and all buildings have…
Carola HartleyDecember 9, 2021
Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 11, 2021, for Christmas in Washington.
Carola HartleyDecember 6, 2021
