Studying the history of Opelousas for so many years, I’ve discovered many firsts for the…
Carola HartleyJune 9, 2022
International Harvester Farming Store, located at 1111 Second Street in Alexandria, LA. - c.1927
Carola HartleyJune 7, 2022
Imperial St. Landry Genealogical and Historical Society to meet on Friday, June 10 at Opelousas…
AdminJune 7, 2022
In 1922, Frank Truman Daly became the area salesman and associate dealer for the Dodge…
Carola HartleyJune 5, 2022
Located on the corner of East Grolee and Main streets, the building in this photo…
Carola HartleyJune 3, 2022
Many Opelousas citizens got to see an airplane for the first time in 1912 when…
Carola HartleyMay 26, 2022
During the 1870s to the 1890s, the old livery barn, facing Landry Street but located…
Carola HartleyMay 25, 2022
At the East entrance to Opelousas sits a historic treasure known as Le Vieux Village…
Carola HartleyMay 23, 2022
The Governor's Mansion once stood on the corner of Grolee and Liberty streets in Opelousas.…
Carola HartleyMay 23, 2022
The Boscoe Hotel operated on Bellevue Street in downtown Opelousas from 1932 to about 1940.
Carola HartleyMay 21, 2022
Historic residential Opelousas is getting more than a passing glance from investors and contractors who…
Bobby ArdoinMay 19, 2022
CAROLA LILLIE HARTLEYPublisher and Contributing Writer Dezauche - Chauvin - Womack Home on North Lombard…
Carola HartleyMay 19, 2022
73-year-old David Sweatt, a carpenter from Brownsville, Texas, with daughter walking at his side, is…
Carola HartleyMay 15, 2022
How often do you hear this question asked in Opelousas – What is a historic…
Carola HartleyMay 13, 2022
Featured Photograph: The City Hotel in downtown Opelousas was thoroughly modern with bathtubs and other…
Carola HartleyMay 13, 2022
St. Landry Parish Properties Listed on the National Register of Historic Places through the National…
Carola HartleyMay 11, 2022
The Washington State Bank is one of the oldest banks in St. Landry Parish. organized…
Carola HartleyMay 10, 2022
Immediately following the Courthouse fire, on Wednesday, March 24, 1886, the St. Landry Parish Police…
Carola HartleyMay 5, 2022
The Court Street entrance to the Waldorf Hotel is shown in this c.1940s photograph. T
Carola HartleyMay 3, 2022
It was about 1:30 on Monday morning, March 22, 1886, when the stillness of darkness…
Carola HartleyMay 3, 2022
A St. Landry Parish treasure and one of Louisiana’s historic places, the town of Washington,…
Carola HartleyMay 2, 2022
This photograph, taken in the early 1880s, shows the St. Landry Parish Courthouse, constructed in…
Carola HartleyApril 30, 2022
Opelousas native Joan DeJean who has authored 12 books covering aspects of French social and…
Bobby ArdoinApril 29, 2022
The old courthouse bell, manufactured in 1896, remains on the top floor of the St…
Carola HartleyApril 28, 2022
This photo from the past give us a glimpse of Landry Street in downtown Opelousas…
Carola HartleyApril 27, 2022
After five years of planning and raising the necessary funds, the new Lacombe Hotel, shown…
Carola HartleyApril 26, 2022
Sports became an activity for schools in the area after baseball, football and basketball came…
Carola HartleyApril 25, 2022
The Opelousas Courier and the St. Landry Democrat, two rival Opelousas newspapers, came together in…
Carola HartleyApril 22, 2022
Yams from St. Landry Parish being loaded on an airplane to be delivered to Jimmy…
Carola HartleyApril 21, 2022
Anthony “Tony” Chachere (1905-1995), pharmacist, award-winning insurance salesman, business owner, and popular chef during his…
Carola HartleyApril 20, 2022
