5. The alligators
In the mid 1980’s animal fur became unfashionable and the fur prices dropped; many fur dealers and fur trappers were put out […]
Category: Stories by Wilson J. Gaidry, III
4. Carencro bayou
Carencro, 1988 – Drying nutria hides There was something about the marsh that drew the Cajun people, that pulled on their very […]
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 […]
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.