Houma

Author : Thomas Blum Cobb
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738516318
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Houma written by Thomas Blum Cobb and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houma is a name derived from a tribe of Native Americans who settled in what is now Terrebonne Parish, or "Good Earth." The town's residents come from French, German, Italian, Scotch, and English ancestry; this mix makes for an interesting cross-section of cultures in a charming Louisiana community. Fifty miles southwest of New Orleans and easily accessible from U.S. Highway 90-"The Old Spanish Trail"-Houma is also bisected by the Intracoastal Waterway. It has been dubbed the "Venice of North America," because it is the epicenter of six bayous, all of which were at one time tributaries of the Mississippi River. Houma and the surrounding communities have become internationally known for an abundance of seafood, including dried shrimp. The process of drying shrimp is truly unique, as it is only done in this area of the country. Indeed, a dried shrimp packing plant still operates on Main Street in downtown Houma. The production of sugar and other agricultural products, and later the oil industry, also played major roles in Houma's rich history. In addition to local industry, the town's homes, churches, schools, events, and people are highlighted within the pages of Images of America: Houma.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Houma Recognition Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carl A. Brasseaux
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807130362
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book French, Cajun, Creole, Houma written by Carl A. Brasseaux and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identified there, Cajuns and white Creoles being the most famous. In this guide to the amazing social, cultural, and linguistic variation within Louisiana's French-speaking region, Carl A. Brasseaux presents an overview of the origins and evolution of all the Francophone communities. Brasseaux examines the impact of French immigration on Louisiana over the past three centuries. He shows how this once-undesirable outpost of the French empire became colonized by individuals ranging from criminals to entrepreneurs who went on to form a multifaceted society -- one that, unlike other American melting pots, rests upon a French cultural foundation. A prolific author and expert on the region, Brasseaux offers readers an entertaining history of how these diverse peoples created south Louisiana's famous vibrant culture, interacting with African Americans, Spaniards, and Protestant Anglos and encountering influences from southern plantation life and the Caribbean. He explores in detail three still cohesive components in the Francophone melting pot, each one famous for having retained a distinct identity: the Creole communities, both black and white; the Cajun people; and the state's largest concentration of French speakers -- the Houma tribe. A product of thirty years' research, French, Cajun, Creole, Houma provides a reliable and understandable guide to the ethnic roots of a region long popular as an international tourist attraction.

Author : Rachel E. Cherry
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467113123
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Forgotten Houma written by Rachel E. Cherry and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houma officially became the seat of Terrebonne Parish in 1848; however, the area known as "terre bonne" ("the good earth") was inhabited much earlier. The Houma tribe settled the land as early as 1760, Arcadian French settlers arrived by 1785, Spanish settlers by 1790, and wealthy English landowners established the area's first plantations in 1828. Agriculture, hunting, and fishing activities such as oyster harvesting and shrimp drying were prominent occupations in the parish until the oil and gas industry took hold of the economy in the 1920s. Seemingly endless waterways, marshes, and bays, coupled with fertile farmland and oil production, helped foster Houma's lucrative economy; likewise, a blend of customs, traditions, and natural disasters have shaped its unique culture. Forgotten Houma uses vintage photographs to capture the community before modernization and destruction, awakening the spirits of former residents and the memories of earlier ways of life.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Interlying Areas Along Coastal Louisiana in the Vicinity of Houma written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Houma-Terrebonne Regional Sewerage Facilities written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book George Arceneaux, Jr., United States Courthouse, Houma, LA written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Frederick Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Houma Potato written by Charles Frederick Clark and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Monique Verdin
Publisher : University of New Orleans Press
ISBN 13 : 9781608012688
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Return to Yakni Chitto written by Monique Verdin and published by University of New Orleans Press. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of years ago, Terrebonne Parish was known to Indigenous peoples as "Yakni Chitto," which means "Big Country." Located between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya, Monique's father's parents were born along Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes into a small Houma community. Migrating to Lower St. Bernard Parish each winter to trap, they eventually bought land along Bayou Terre-aux- Boeufs. Monique spent a large part of her childhood with her grandmother, Armantine Marie Bil- liot Verdin, and in the 1990s began to document their family's deep connection to South Louisiana in black and white photographs. As she writes in the book, "I've been trying to make sense of the strange beauty left here—the magic that is entangled in the ugliest underbelly of a plantation economy surrendered to the petro-chemical industry." In conversation with writers, family members, and theatre-makers, Monique shares how multiracial collectives in South Louisiana have come together to honor and protect their homes and work towards a shared future.

Author : Leland College (Baker, La.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book ... Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Leland University written by Leland College (Baker, La.) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: