Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
3,996 Print. 468 Digital (as of 2022) [1] Website. theadvertiser.com. The Daily Advertiser is a Gannett daily newspaper based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Daily Advertiser covers international, national, state, and local news in the six parishes of Lafayette, Acadia, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion.
Richard Guidry (October 18, 1949 – July 27, 2008) was a Cajun cultural activist and educator who worked to save the French language in Louisiana.. Born in Gueyden, Louisiana, on October 18, 1949, Guidry (who referred to himself as Le gros Cadien 'The Big Cajun') attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), where he obtained a bachelor's ...
Bastrop Daily Enterprise: Bastrop: 1904 2019 [6] Baton-Rouge Gazette: 1819 1856 [7] Baton Rouge State-Times: 1904 1991 [8] Bogalusa Enterprise: 1914 1918 [9] Daily States [4] New Orleans 1880 Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960 [2] Gazette and Sentinel: Plaquemine: 1858 1864 [10] Houma Courier: 1878 1939 [11] The Independent: Lafayette: 2003 ...
Some of the notable people that were born in Lafayette: Danneel Ackles, television actress, One Tree Hill. Felecia Angelle, anime voice-over actress. Fernest Arceneaux (deceased), zydeco musician. Nnamdi Asomugha, NFL defensive back [1] Autumn!, rapper. Paul Bako, catcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds.
Lafayette (/ ˌlæfiˈɛt, ˌlɑːf -/ LA (H)-F-ee-ET, French: [lafajɛt]) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, [3] located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth-most populous city with a 2020 census population of 121,374; [4] the consolidated city-parish's population was ...
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is a historic cemetery in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1833 and still in use today, the cemetery takes its name from its location in what was once the City of Lafayette, a suburb of New Orleans that was annexed by the larger metropolis in 1852. [1][2] The city's first planned ...
Irvin Castille. Irvin Castille (May 17, 1926 [1] – August 4, 2015 [2]) was a shortstop and third baseman who played from 1951 through 1953 in the Negro American League. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, [3] he batted and threw right handed. Castille joined the Birmingham Black Barons in the dying years of the Negro leagues. [4]
The Marquis de Lafayette in 1825, during his tour of the United States. In 1823, the Louisiana legislature divided St. Martin Parish and created Lafayette Parish. [6] The parish name Lafayette was chosen because of the enthusiasm around General Lafayette's visit to the United States. However, the city's name remained Vermilionville because the ...