Saint Luc Centre Storytelling Competition Held Today in Arnaudville, Photo Gallery by Valli Soileau -…
AdminOctober 9, 2022
No history of the printing and newspaper industry in Opelousas would be complete without knowing…
Carola HartleyOctober 4, 2022
This rare photo from the past shows the first Yambilee office on Court Street in…
Carola HartleyOctober 3, 2022
Do you have fascinating historical items that you would like to share with the community?
AdminSeptember 29, 2022
Lighted candle flames danced against the strength of a strong breeze Wednesday night as the…
Bobby ArdoinSeptember 29, 2022
After reviewing the materials I’ve collected over the last 40 plus years of researching the…
Carola HartleySeptember 27, 2022
First known a Benny's Big Star in 1976, Benny's Supermarket remains in business today in…
Carola HartleySeptember 23, 2022
The deadliest instance of racial violence during the Reconstruction period “the Opelousas massacre” is little…
AdminSeptember 21, 2022
This is a photograph from c. 1908-09 of the Christman Building on West Landry Street…
Carola HartleySeptember 14, 2022
The Opelousas Civic League and Abdalla’s Department Show held a unique style show at the…
Carola HartleySeptember 7, 2022
Where was Jim Bowie Born? Did Jim Bowie Live in Opelousas? The Jim Bowie Oak
Carola HartleySeptember 4, 2022
Emile and Anna Roger with their two sons Frank and George, at their home in…
Carola HartleyAugust 20, 2022
From the two centuries of newspapers in Opelousas during this week of August, over the…
Carola HartleyAugust 20, 2022
Following the US Civil War, the merchants and businessmen of Opelousas started to discuss the…
Carola HartleyAugust 18, 2022
See what was happening in our area of Louisiana 150, 100, and 50 years ago.
Carola HartleyAugust 11, 2022
We know Opelousas had an opera house as early as the 1830s, with the first…
Carola HartleyAugust 9, 2022
Here's what was happening in our area of Louisiana this week, over the years.
Carola HartleyAugust 5, 2022
It was a magical time in Opelousas. A time when there were opera houses in…
Carola HartleyAugust 3, 2022
The story of the Opelousas Opera Houses continues: By the end of the 1880s and…
Carola HartleyJuly 25, 2022
Photographs of the Depot in Washington courtesy of Tommy Lafleur and were used in the…
Carola HartleyJuly 21, 2022
From its humble beginning in the 1700s, Opelousas provided different forms of entertainment for its…
Carola HartleyJuly 21, 2022
Louisiana Yambilee Parade heads south down Court Street in this c. late 1940s photograph. (Carola…
Carola HartleyJuly 14, 2022
Today's Photo from the Past shows an early Yambilee Parade as it rolled down Court…
Carola HartleyJuly 10, 2022
Ever wonder as you ride through Opelousas what it must have been like one hundred…
Carola HartleyJuly 8, 2022
It was only the second year of the new 20th century and Opelousas was flourishing…
Carola HartleyJuly 4, 2022
One of the city’s historic landmarks was recently lost when a fire destroyed Toby’s, also…
Carola HartleyJune 28, 2022
Opelousas’ Famed 1912 Baseball Club: The featured photo from the past for today shown the…
Carola HartleyJune 26, 2022
Members of the Opelousas Jewish community, many who came as immigrants to South Louisiana over…
AdminJune 22, 2022
William Schwing came to Washington from the New Iberia area in the early 1880s and…
Carola HartleyJune 18, 2022
The Tri-Parish Fair in Eunice was one of the top highlights of the year for…
Carola HartleyJune 15, 2022
This photo from the past shows a group of young ladies enjoying themselves on Main…
Carola HartleyJune 10, 2022
Studying the history of Opelousas for so many years, I’ve discovered many firsts for the…
Carola HartleyJune 9, 2022
Did you know before there was a Cedar Lane Club, there was the Cedar Crest…
Carola HartleyJune 8, 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
