About 200 destitute Acadians, former
prisoners of the British in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, arrived in New Orleans in February
1765. Offered fertile land in the Attakapas
District of what is now south-central Louisiana,
these exiles reached Bayou . . . — — Map (db m228254) HM
Panel 1 World War I Oliver Courville Charles Wallet Richard Windybank World War II Joseph A. Crochet Richard Fontenette Warren Granger Earl LeCamus Beraud Mestayer Oswald P. Ransonet Joseph Eddie Terradot ★ ★ ★ ★ To . . . — — Map (db m228447) WM
English Side In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of
Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees
representing 60 families were settled here on
the Teche Ridge in three encampments along
the "Fausse Pointe" that includes . . . — — Map (db m228283) HM
Panel 1 English L'Acadie, established by France in 1604, was a
strategically located and highly coveted colony. In 1713, it
was handed over to England and renamed Nova Scotia. The
foundation of Halifax, in 1749, led part of the. . . . — — Map (db m228406) HM
Like many communities along the Teche, early life in the village of Loreauville revolved around the church. Ozaire Joseph Loreau
donated a piece of property in 1871 with the stipulation that a church be constructed in what was then called Fausse . . . — — Map (db m241839) HM
