Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Serendipity and Fort Tombecbe: Cooperation between Historians and Archaeologists
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About two years ago my friend, genealogist Winston De Ville, sent me a hand-drawn colonial-era map or plan of a fort. I wasn't sure ...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Sur le Teche: Exploring the Bayou by Canoe, Stage 1
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To research my history of Bayou Teche I resolved to paddle the entire length of the waterway. Friends found this humorous because they kne...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Notes on Two Nineteenth-Century Engravings of South Louisiana Scenes
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An acquaintance of mine, former Avery Island salt miner and sometimes sculptor Lonny Badeaux, recently showed me a photograph of one of his...
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Finding History Right around the Corner: Heroism on the Cajun Home Front
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The following serves as a good example of how history can be found right around the corner, literally, if you look for it. In my book T...
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Friday, June 15, 2012
My Father's Childhood Autograph Book on the History Channel?*
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Last night I was grocery shopping near my home in New Iberia when a woman I know came up to me and said, "Yesterday I was watching the ...
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
My Oddball Collection of Cajun Warplane Photos
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As I mentioned in one of my previous articles, I discovered a photo in the National Archives and Records Administration showing a U.S. World...
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