As early as 1847 on the southwest corner of Landry and Main streets (known as…
Carola HartleyApril 19, 2022
The photograph shows Robert Bienvenu and Lessley Prescott at the Old Garland House on Easter…
Carola HartleyApril 16, 2022
The featured photograph shows the Frisco Depot located near the railroad tracks on North Union…
Carola HartleyApril 16, 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
Opelousas Women in Business: From 1902 to about 1915, the family of Patton Taylor Blackshear,…
Carola HartleyApril 5, 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
Have you noticed the old brick sidewalks that remain on some of the streets in…
Carola HartleyMarch 31, 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
CAROLA LILLIE HARTLEYContributing Writer This week we continue with part two of Researching Local and…
Carola HartleyMarch 28, 2022
Although racing horses as a sport, and a business goes back over 200 years in…
Carola HartleyMarch 28, 2022
The DeLuxe Café, owned by the Etienne Daigle family, operated in downtown Opelousas during the…
Carola HartleyMarch 25, 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
More and more it seems people are interested in history. St. Landry Now encourages the…
Carola HartleyMarch 10, 2022
Have you ever entered the St. Landry Parish Courthouse from Court Street?
Carola HartleyMarch 10, 2022
March is Women's History Month, and today, March 8, 2022, is International Women's Day. We…
Carola HartleyMarch 8, 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
Local news this week included information regarding one of the monuments on the St. Landry…
Carola HartleyMarch 4, 2022
Continuing to focus on the women of Opelousas and St. Landry Parish during National Women’s…
Carola HartleyMarch 4, 2022
Since 1987 the month of March has been designated as National Women’s History month.
Carola HartleyMarch 2, 2022
For those of us who have been around Opelousas for some time, when we talk…
Carola HartleyMarch 1, 2022
For several years Frank’s Liquor Store, now Frank’s Poboys, held a Mardi Gras Ball and…
Carola HartleyFebruary 28, 2022
Mardi Gras, that rowdy celebration, has been riding piggyback on the Catholic Church’s Lenten celebration…
Carola HartleyFebruary 28, 2022
