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Merchants and Planters Bank

Constructed in 1900, the oldest bank building in Bunkie was in existence from 1900 until 1934 when the bank dissolved from financial hardships of the Great Depression. Damaged by fire in 1910,...

Constructed in 1900, the oldest bank building in Bunkie was in existence from 1900 until 1934 when the bank dissolved from financial hardships of the Great Depression. Damaged by fire in 1910,...

  • louisiana
  • avoyelles parish
  • bunkie
  • bank

Egg Pocking ⎯⎯⎯ Pâquer Les Œufs

A regional Easter tradition, competitors knock decorated hard-boiled eggs together & cracked egg loses. Name from "Pâques", French for Easter. Jeu traditionnel de Pâques. Les joueurs "Pâquent” ou...

A regional Easter tradition, competitors knock decorated hard-boiled eggs together & cracked egg loses. Name from "Pâques", French for Easter. Jeu traditionnel de Pâques. Les joueurs "Pâquent”...

  • louisiana
  • avoyelles parish
  • legends & lore
  • pomeroy

The Jefferson Highway -- Avoyelles

What part does Avoyelles play in the Jefferson Highway corridor? Highway 71 passing through Bunkie is on the Jefferson Highway. Originally, it entered into Avoyelles from Rapides Parish on the...

What part does Avoyelles play in the Jefferson Highway corridor? Highway 71 passing through Bunkie is on the Jefferson Highway. Originally, it entered into Avoyelles from Rapides Parish on...

  • louisiana
  • jefferson highway
  • avoyelles parish

Griffins Antiques

Built in 1904 in the heart of Bunkie first as R.H. Lester Department Store, then as an antique store, Griffins Antiques continues to be a hub for local and visitor shopping experiences and comfort...

Built in 1904 in the heart of Bunkie first as R.H. Lester Department Store, then as an antique store, Griffins Antiques continues to be a hub for local and visitor shopping experiences and comfort...

  • louisiana
  • avoyelles parish
  • bunkie
  • industry

Iry LeJeune

Eminent Cajun artist who helped return accordion to prominence in the music of Louisiana. Born near Church Point in 1928. Musicien Cadien célèbre, né près de Pointe-de-L'église en 1928. Il a...

Eminent Cajun artist who helped return accordion to prominence in the music of Louisiana. Born near Church Point in 1928. Musicien Cadien célèbre, né près de Pointe-de-L'église en 1928. Il a...

  • louisiana
  • acadia parish
  • cajun music
  • legends & lore
  • pomeroy

The Chateau of Lastorguie

    American / Australian Plane Crash

      Love Illuminated

        Laurel Broadway Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project

          Puerto la Cruz Bridge

            St. George Building

              Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 1907 - 2007

                Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 100th Anniversary

                  The Original Boardwalk "Black & White" Ice Cream Stand

                    Loofe Carousel

                      Teche Tunnel

                      Running below here said to be used as an escape route for early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte leading to Bayou Teche.

                      Running below here said to be used as an escape route for early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte leading to Bayou Teche.

                      • louisiana
                      • new iberia
                      • jean lafitte
                      • pomeroy

                      Shadows-on-the-Teche

                      Life Began Along Bayou Teche Shadows-on-the-Teche is a historic house museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A white-columned brick building constructed between 1831 and...

                      Life Began Along Bayou Teche Shadows-on-the-Teche is a historic house museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A white- columned brick building constructed between 1831 and...

                      • louisiana
                      • plantation
                      • new iberia

                      The Massé - Darby House

                      Represents a distinct style of French Colonial domestic architecture once common throughout Louisiana but now rare. Built on a Spanish land-grant to Andre Massé. Probably in the period 1764-1776,...

                      Represents a distinct style of French Colonial domestic architecture once common throughout Louisiana but now rare. Built on a Spanish land- grant to Andre Massé. Probably in the period 1764-1776,...

                      • louisiana
                      • architecture
                      • st. mary parish

                      Bayou Teche Patriots

                      In early 1779, Francisco Bouligny led a group of Spanish colonists to establish a new town called Nueva Iberia on the banks of Bayou Teche in the Attakapas region. By August of that year,...

                      In early 1779, Francisco Bouligny led a group of Spanish colonists to establish a new town called Nueva Iberia on the banks of Bayou Teche in the Attakapas region. By August of that...

                      • louisiana
                      • revolutionary war
                      • iberia parish

                      Brownell Memorial Park and Campanile

                      This park, tower and carillon is a gift to mankind by the Brownell Foundation, endowed by Mrs, Claire H. Brownell who wishing to commemorate the memory of her parents and family has provided this...

                      This park, tower and carillon is a gift to mankind by the Brownell Foundation, endowed by Mrs, Claire H. Brownell who wishing to commemorate the memory of her parents and family has provided this...

                      • louisiana
                      • carillon
                      • bell tower
                      • nature
                      • park