Bayou Teche Dispatches
Thursday, February 10, 2022

"Prairie de Jacko": Source of the Name?

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I recently noticed an old Louisiana land document for sale on eBay. It concerned property located near the confluence of Bayou Teche and the...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

Notes on the Founding of Opelousas

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History is, like science, a self-correcting discipline: professional historians make their careers in part by correcting or refining the r...
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Friday, December 27, 2019

When Jimi Hendrix Appeared on My Father's Live TV Show in Lafayette, Louisiana, January 1965

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As a caveat, please read the addendum of 9 December 2020 at bottom, which documents a polite challenge to the claim that Jimi Hendrix appear...
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Shane K. Bernard holds degrees in English and History from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a doctorate in History from Texas A&M University. He is the author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture. Shane lives in New Iberia, Louisiana, a short distance from the celebrated Bayou Teche.
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