The most authorative history available on ethnically diverse Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

The Center for Louisiana Studies of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is pleased to announce a reprint edition of the classic, two-volume history, Acadia Parish by Mary Alice Fontenot and Paul B. Freeland. The authors trace the region's development from a pastoral backwater to a thriving rice-producing region. The authors examine the lives of those individuals who played pivotal roles in the region's development and provide numerous historical overviews of the establishment and development of the parish's principal towns and villages.

Interspersed between the major essays are vignettes touching upon the most interesting aspects of early life in Acadia Parish. These vignettes cover the establishment of the region's oil industry and its impact upon Acadia Parish's population, the settlement of the area's notable German, Lebanese, Italian, and Midwestern immigrants, early dance halls, civic and political organizations, horse racing, parades, dances, oral traditions, and natural disasters. Genealogists will be particularly interested in the numerous lists and biographical sketches of prominent parish citizens. The text is complemented by dozens of rare photographs.

Buyers should note that the second Acadia Parish volume covers only the period from 1900 to 1920. Only a limited number of copies are available. Be sure to order your copy today!

CONTENTS

I First Inhabitants

II Colonial Landowners

Ill Some Place Names, Frontier Life

IV Early Post Offices, 1832-1900

V Plaquemine

VI Rayne

VII Church Point

VIII Pointe-aux-Loups

IX Mermentau

X Fabacher and Robert's Cove

XI Other Settlements

XII Civil War, Yellow Fever

XIII The Dusons

XIV Creation of a Parish

XV The Courthouse Fight

XVI Aftermath

XVII Acadia, 1888-1900

Also see Volume II of this two-volume set.

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