Author: Lake Charles. Association of CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake Charles (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Lost Lake Charles
Author: Adley CormierPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625858825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Delve deep into the history of Lake Charles, Louisiana's past, through pirates, Creoles and cowboys, and other lost stories with historian Adley Cormier. Fires, hurricanes, neglect and progress erased much of Lake Charles's physical history. The young town was a magnet for pirates and privateers, like the infamous Jean Lafitte, who conducted business at the mouth of what is today called the Contraband Bayou. Michigan Men, creoles and cowboys made their way to the fledgling Louisiana town to start new lives. A great lumber industry shaped the town in the nineteenth century. Streetcars ran routes around the clock seven days a week. Author and historian Adley Cormier delves deep into Lake Charles's past to uncover a history that has been lost to time and change.
Pirate's Pantry
Author: Junior League of Lake Charles, LouisianaPublisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455610556
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Pirate's Pantry: Treasured Recipes of Southwest Louisiana is a bountiful collection of family and regional recipes, with a spicy lagniappe of local historical lore that reflects the Creole and Cajun flavor of this unique area, steeped in mystique and legend.
Legendary Louisiana Outlaws
Author: Keagan LeJeunePublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807162582
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
From the infamous pirate Jean Laffite and the storied couple Bonnie and Clyde, to less familiar bandits like train-robber Eugene Bunch and suspected murderer Leather Britches Smith, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws explores Louisiana's most fascinating fugitives. In this entertaining volume, Keagan LeJeune draws from historical accounts and current folklore to examine the specific moments and legal climate that spawned these memorable characters. He shows how Laffite embodied Louisiana's shift from an entrenched French and Spanish legal system to an American one, and relates how the notorious groups like the West and Kimbrell Clan served as community leaders and law officers but covertly preyed on Louisiana's Neutral Strip residents until citizens took the law into their own hands. Likewise, the bootlegging Dunn brothers in Vinton, he explains, demonstrate folk justice's distinction between an acceptable criminal act (operating an illegal moonshine still) and an unacceptable one (cold-blooded murder). Recounting each outlaw's life, LeJeune also considers their motives for breaking the law as well as their attempts at evading capture. Running from authorities and trying to escape imprisonment or even death, these men and women often relied on the support of ordinary citizens, sympathetic in the face of oppressive and unfair laws. Through the lens of folk life, LeJeune's engaging narrative demonstrates how a justice system functions and changes and highlights Louisiana's particular challenges in adapting a system of law and order to work for everyone.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Author: Lake Charles. Association of CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake Charles (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
The Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana
Author: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and HarborsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Lake Charles
Author: Janet AlluredPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738591056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Isolated from the main transportation routes during the early 19th century, Lake Charles was a backwater of 500 people when incorporated in 1867. The arrival of the schooners and the railroad integrated it into the corridor between Galveston, Houston, and New Orleans, and Lake Charles grew rapidly after the Civil War. Streams of migrants from Europe, nearby communities in Texas and Louisiana, and northern states moved here and built a booming lumber industry. Though beset by fires, storms, and floods, the city rebuilt many times, and in the 20th century, Lake Charles and its environs became an important petrochemical center. Today, the city sponsors annual festivals that celebrate its heritage. Lake Charles supports many fine public schools, a regional university, and artistic endeavors of which it is justly proud, including a symphony, a community band, and a variety of choruses, theater associations, and dance companies--all of which are pictured within the pages of Images of America: Lake Charles.
City of Lake Charles Louisiana
Author: Lake Charles (La.). MayorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake Charles (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The History of Lake Charles, Louisiana
Author: Stewart Alfred FergusonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake Charles (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Fly Fishing the Louisiana Coast
Author: Pete CooperPublisher: Countryman Press
ISBN: 9780881506655
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A complete guide to fly fishing and visiting the hundreds of miles of bayous, coastlines, and the Mississippi River Delta.
Author: Lake Charles (La.).