
- 261 pages
- English
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About this book
This comprehensive volume traces the history of Lafayette Parish, from its earliest beginnings and the struggle between the Attakapas Indians and the first white settlers, French Canadians, English traders, and French trappers to the conditions in 1959, when this historical work was first published. Over the course of this history, Griffin analyses everything from the territorial and political evolution of the parish to the development of transportation and travel, and from the founding of the schools to the early financial and industrial conditions. Griffin also provides accounts of the flood of 1927, the greatest challenge Lafayette Parish had to overcome in its early history and a sign of the persevering spirit that would help the parish to overcome such destructive forces.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I: PHYSICAL SETTING
- CHAPTER II: ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
- CHAPTER III: FIRST WHITE SETTLERS
- CHAPTER IV: EARLY LIFE AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
- CHAPTER V: TERRITORIAL AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF THE PARISH
- CHAPTER VI: FOUNDING AND NAMING A CITY
- CHAPTER VII: VERMILIONVILLE INCORPORATED
- CHAPTER VIII: LAFAYETTE, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
- CHAPTER IX: FROM VILLAGE TO CITY
- CHAPTER X: THE WHITE LEAGUE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH
- CHAPTER XI: THE TOWNS OF THE PARISH
- CHAPTER XII: THE FOUNDING OF CHURCHES
- CHAPTER XIII: TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL
- CHAPTER XIV: THE SCHOOLS OF CITY AND PARISH
- CHAPTER XV: FINANCE AND INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER XVI: COMMUNICATIONS
- CHAPTER XVII: DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND DISEASE
- CHAPTER XVIII: LAW AND THE COURTS
- CHAPTER XIX: LAFAYETTE PARISH IN WAR
- CHAPTER XX: THE NEGRO IN LAFAYETTE PARISH
- CHAPTER XXI: THE FLOOD OF 1927
- CHAPTER XXII: SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
- BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX