Bayou History Center

01/29/2026

1935 article concerning the sale of Terrebonne Sugar Company and Ashland Planting Company in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. (Photo sent in courtesy of Tony Stein)

01/29/2026

A 1935 Ben Shahn photo of a strawberry picker's family in their home near Hammond, Louisiana. (Library of Congress)

01/29/2026

1934. Louisiana State Bank building on Royal Street in New Orleans. (A Richard Koch photo at the Library of Congress)

01/29/2026

1912 photo of the groundbreaking ceremony for Thibodaux College in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Thibodaux College (an all boys school) was opened in 1861. It was accompanied by Mount Carmel Academy (an all girls school) which opened in Thibodaux in 1855. Neither school exists today. They were joined in 1965 to form Edward Douglas White High School. On the back of the photo are names of those adults in attendance, left to right. Superintendent of Schools W.S. Lafargue; Philip Braud in the black hat; Henry Riviere; Unknown; Tom Roger in the back; Mayor Numa Bourg; K.J. Braud; Right Reverend Msgr Barbier; Judge W.E. Howell; Judge L.P. Caillouet; Charles Badeaux; Charles Coulon; Francis Knobloch; and Emile Legendre. (Photo from the Wayne Oncale Collection at Nicholls State University Archives)

01/27/2026

From 1871, the earliest known photograph of bonfires along the levee on River Road in Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana. This was in front of what is now Laura Plantation, once known as Duparc. (Photo courtesy of Laura Plantation)

01/27/2026

From September 3, 1853. An article from "The Telegraph in St. Landry" reporting about the construction of a telegraphic line from New Orleans to Alexandria via Thibodaux, St. Martinville and Opelousas. (State Library of Louisiana via Louisiana Digital Libraries)

01/27/2026

1980 Shrimp drying platform in Chauvin, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. (Louisiana Sea Grant Program photo)

01/26/2026

1950s Firemen stand in front of a fire house in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

01/25/2026

"Bertha" The narrow gauge railroad train for Westfield Sugar Refinery in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. (State Library of Louisiana via Louisiana Digital Libraries)

01/25/2026

1947. Two photos of the Gulf's first offshore drilling rig. It was the first bottom-supported platform and was constructed by Kerr-McGee in 18 feet of water at 12 miles offshore, which was beyond the sight of land. It cost $230,000. (Clearer photo from Times-Picayune; other photo from La Department of Natural Resources)

01/24/2026

Please everyone prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Avoid traveling if possible during this weather event, and if not, be extra safe.

01/23/2026

Patty posted this picture a few years ago and I believe it is the same Big House presented in my earlier post. Please let me know if you disagree.

HOPE FARM. Le Grande Couer in Bourg (one time Bisland's Hope Farm) on Aragon Road in Terrebonne Parish. One of two Bisland Plantations in Terrebonne Parish. The other was Aragon. There was a one part of Hope Farm on side of Bayou Terrebonne and another on the opposite side of the bayou.