The Old Spanish Trail Highway was the first
transcontinental highway across the
southern states and was approximately 2,750
miles long.
The highway connected
segments of the oldest roads and trails
across the country, many of them . . . — — Map (db m236656) HM
The City of Broussard is located in Lafayette and St Martin Parishes. French trappers and
Native Americans lived in the area, but permanent settlement did not start until around
1765. Around this time is when exiled Acadians first arrived in the . . . — — Map (db m237064) HM
Dedicated August 25, 1909, by Fr. Arthur Drossaerts, Pastor of Sacred Heart church in Broussard, and opened on September 15, 1909 with an enrollment of seventy students. Accredited as an elementary and secondary school by the State Department of . . . — — Map (db m49294) HM
Founder of the little town of Broussardville (December 13, 1856) and postmaster of Côte Gelée (June 1866-July 1867).
On July 24, 1874, he
was appointed first postmaster of Broussard, as Côte Gelée was renamed
in the records of the Post Office . . . — — Map (db m236767) HM
Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City
of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876.
This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo-American
and French-style home housed the Broussard family
for generations. It served its . . . — — Map (db m237095) HM
