A few months ago, a good friend gave me two antique photograph albums. Most of…
Carola HartleyFebruary 26, 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
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
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
As in other towns, newspapers were an important part of life and the economy in…
Carola HartleyJanuary 25, 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
A bit of Opelousas History: Since the first newspaper made its appearance in Opelousas, the…
Carola HartleyJanuary 19, 2022
1912 was an important year in the history of Breaux Bridge in St Martin Parish,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 18, 2022
Main Street in downtown Opelousas has always been a vital part of the commercial districts…
Carola HartleyJanuary 17, 2022
Although the Academy of the Immaculate Conception, called AIC, began as an all girl’s school,…
Carola HartleyJanuary 13, 2022
Recently we published a photograph of the Jewish Temple in Opelousas during its early days.…
Carola HartleyJanuary 12, 2022
A little more Opelousas history: As more Jewish immigrants came into the Opelousas area, the…
Carola HartleyJanuary 7, 2022
In 1922, the Lafleur Brothers car dealership moved their service station from the corner of…
Carola HartleyDecember 26, 2021
George Baillio (1892-1976), the son of Judge George K. Baillio and Mary Elizabeth Schmit, shown…
Carola HartleyDecember 17, 2021
Anyone coming into Opelousas at the east entrance on Highway 190 will notice the Myrtle…
Carola HartleyDecember 14, 2021
Merry Christmas in 1923 from the Lafleur Brothers of Opelousas, Louisiana. Who were the Lafleur…
Carola HartleyDecember 11, 2021
1986 was a historic year in Opelousas. In November the city election was held with…
Carola HartleyDecember 11, 2021
The 4th of July celebration in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana drew a large crowd in…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
This photograph from the past is a glimpse of what it was like to drive…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
This historic photograph shows the City Hall in Melville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana in the…
Carola HartleyDecember 10, 2021
For those who love sports, and especially those who follow the LSU football team, here…
Carola HartleyDecember 9, 2021
I once heard someone say: “People have stories, homes have stories, and all buildings have…
Carola HartleyDecember 9, 2021
Located on North Main Street in Opelousas, LA, the Chapel at the Academy of the…
Carola HartleyDecember 9, 2021
Located on North Main Street in Opelousas, LA, the Chapel at the Academy of the…
Carola HartleyDecember 9, 2021
The Fourth of July Parade in Eunice, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana was a great success…
Carola HartleyDecember 8, 2021
This photo from the past shows the high school in Grand Prairie, St. Landry Parish,…
Carola HartleyDecember 8, 2021
The main commercial district of downtown New Iberia is pictured here in this postcard product…
Carola HartleyDecember 8, 2021
Cadets from the Southwest Louisiana Institute (SLI), now know at the University of Louisiana at…
Carola HartleyDecember 8, 2021
