a ST. LANDRY PARISH article

Cultures of Acadiana
a look at the French, Cajun, Creole, and Native American cultures of south Louisiana
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Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, September 30, 1997

Further Reading on St. Landry Parish

by Jim Bradshaw


  • "A Brief History of St. Landry Parish," W. J. Sandoz, Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 17. 1965
  • "Acadiana Landmark, The Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau," Sister Odeide Mouton, Attakapas Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 4, December 1974
  • A Guide to Church Records in Louisiana, 1720-1975, Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Eunice, 1975
  • Atlas of Louisiana, Hilton B. Newton Jr., School of Geoscience, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1972
  • "A Water Route from Opelousas to the Mississippi," Lyle Williams, Attakapas Gazette, Vol. V, No. I
  • Creoles of Color in the Bayou Country, Carl A. Brasseaux and Claude F. Oubre, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1994
  • "Imperial St. Landry, The Mother of Parishes" Gilbert L. Dupre, The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3, July 1925
  • Looking Back at Washington, La., The Memoirs of David Jasper McNicoll, Paul L. Lastrapes, editor, Baton Rouge, 1996
  • Louisiana Tapestry: The Ethnic Weave of St. Landry Parish, Vaughn B. Baker and Jean T. Kreamer, editors, Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1982
  • Marriage Contracts of the Opelousas Post, 1766-1803, Jacqueline 0. Vidrine and Winston Deville, Opelousas, 1960
  • Opelousas: The History of a French and Spanish Military Post in America, 1716- 1803, Winston Deville, Polyanthos, Cottonport, 1975
  • Opelousas, The Place You'll Want to Be, Carole Ann Andrepont, City of Opelousas, 1992
  • Palmetto, The Early Years, 1803, 1935, Cheryl Bihm Myers, Bodemuller The Printer, Opelousas, 1987
  • Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, William Henry Perrin, Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge (1971 reprint of 1891 publication)
  • "The Indians of Louisiana About 1700,", Paul A. Kunkel, The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 2, April 1951
  • Vignettes of Louisiana Church History, George C. Poret, Educational Associates, Lafayette, 1985
  • Washington, Louisiana: Fabulous Inland Port, Sue L. Eakin, Everett Companies, Bossier City, 1988

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