Terrebonne Parish

Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

On a cold and windy day Robert James an Oysterman and resident of lower Terrebonne Parish, was devastated when he arrived at his workplace. He went to dredge the oyster beds to make some money for upcoming bills and came to a conclusion that someone had illegally fished his beds. Many people in lower Terrebonne Parish depend on commercial fishing to make a living. Robert paid for his lease to fish the oyster beds and someone else basically took his paycheck from him. When people commit illegal…

Charles Menard, the “Apostle of Bayou Lafourche,” conducted the first Mass of record offered in le Terrebonne (Montegut) in June 1842. Services were infrequent because of the distance from St. Joseph in Thibodaux and many times weddings and baptisms were held in groups. Missionaries rarely traveled more than eight miles below Houma. A mission building was finished on January 8, 1844 in le Terrebonne on the Widow Dugas property. Pere Menard recorded in his 1845 journal, the purchase of a new…

Orleans. Dr. Montegut’s wife, Francoise Delisle Dupart’s family came to Louisiana with Bienville. One of their sons and grandfather of Gabriel, Edgar Montegut was the mayor of New Orleans in 1844 and established St. Sophie Plantation in Plaquemine Parish. His son, Louis Gabriel Montegut (I), married Marie Odile Desmare, granddaughter of James Pitot, the first American mayor of New Orleans. Montegut, (Sr.) was a prominent merchant and philanthropist who died in 1855. A brother, Raymond, served…

In 1857 “a third son of William, Thomas Shields Bisland purchased Fairfax Plantation, located in St. Mary Parish from Joshua Baker” … the father-in-law of Thomas’ brother, William Alexander Bisland. “Baker, who served a brief term as a military governor of Louisiana in 1868, played an important role in the maintenance of the Bisland plantations during the war.” Scarborough speculates his appointment as a Unionist Governor during Reconstruction helped to keep Hope Farm and Aragon as working…

the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center came about. Also, how the leadership (or lack thereof) directly impacted the outcome of the event. By identifying and discussing the results of the investigated topic this paper should also discuss how the failure might have been prevented, steps taken for improved conditions, and solutions for preventing failures in the future. Topic The Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, began an investigation on the Terrebonne Parish…

followed by a dark stripe that ran down either side of the body, with points of pigment reaching up to the midline in six places but never getting there, after which the last four crossbands on the tail were also complete. A specimen found in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana by Ernest A. Liner, had a similar striped pattern, with only the first and last two crossbands being…

getting into the hotel business” (Elliot). If the environment is not fully restored, it will affect other states and businesses. In an article about the social and economic impact of the oil spill it states, “Oil now blankets the wetlands of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, where fishing, hunting and trapping still represent a significant sector of the economy. Commercial fish stocks live some or all of their lives in the wetlands” (Betinis). Ignoring the environment will affect the economy,…