3. The war years
In 1944 the signs of war were everywhere and even in the most remote parts of the parish people were aware of […]
Category: Farm stories
2. Wild horses
It was 1944 and the summer rain fell in South Louisiana with such regularity about noon that one could set their clock […]
1. Residence Dairy
Residence Dairy: 1928 / 1940’s. In the late 1890’s Volumnia Barrow Slatter owned and lived on Volumnia Farm in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, […]
Introduction to Farm stories
Stories by Wilson J. Gaidry, III –
I was fortunate to live in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, at a time when the Acadian French culture still dominated the lifestyle of the proud Cajun people of French heritage in South Louisiana.
Writing of my participation in most of the activities that are prominent in the Cajun way of life will help understand and preserve the history of the Cajun culture.