During the 1870s to the 1890s, the old livery barn, facing Landry Street but located…
Carola HartleyMay 25, 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
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
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
As early as 1847 on the southwest corner of Landry and Main streets (known as…
Carola HartleyApril 19, 2022
In 1978, the historic Steamboat Warehouse Restaurant in Washington was selected as the first-place winner…
Carola HartleyApril 18, 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
