Louisiana Frog Company
Louis Baer, an immigrant from France, was
joined at this site in 1933, by the Babineaux
brothers, Lionel, Desire, and Pete, to form
the Louisiana Frog Company acclaimed
"The Largest Shippers of Frogs in the World."
Over 40 years, it fostered Rayne's unique
sobriquet as Frog Capital and was visited by
thousands, including Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Bette Davis. By efforts of then Congressman
Edwin Edwards, N.A.S.A. orbited two Rayne
frogs in 1970, in experiment to solve spatial
imbalance problems for U.S. astronauts.