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Ponchatoula is a Choctaw word meaning "hanging hair" referring to the beautiful Spanish moss which drapes many of the local trees. James Clarke began selling town lots, and soon several stores and dozens of homes were built nearby. Ponchatoula grew as new settlers moved here to be near the railroad line, "a new avenue of commerce."
The parish seat and largest city is Alexandria, which developed along the Red River of the South. [2] Rapides is the French word for "rapids". The parish was created in 1807 after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase. [3] Rapides Parish is included in the Alexandria metropolitan area, Louisiana.
Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media ...
Better Homes & Gardens. I tried Ina Garten's risotto hack — and I'll never go back to the stovetop method. Food. Allrecipes. The 6 Best Trader Joe's products you can't get anywhere else.
We know it’s going to happen soon enough. The 12-team playoff will expand to 14 or 16 schools, and probably 24 or 32 after that. It’s happened before.
Nichols House, near Ponchatoula, Louisiana, dates from around 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was built as. an extremely late version of the traditional Creole raised plantation house plan. There are four large rooms in the front and two cabinets in the rear with a small gallery between.
A new study is illuminating how “forever chemicals” can alter our brain cells by impairing the genes that maintain healthy neurons, the cells of our nervous system.