Cheré Dastugue Coen
'Little Grand Canyon' in Louisiana? Well, kind of.
Longleaf Vista in the Kisatchie Forest of Louisiana offers a gorgeous view and a 1.5-mile trail down to a bayou.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Jun 7
- 2 min
The Smallest Church in the South?
The Chapel of the Madonna in White Castle, Louisiana, is arguably the smallest church in the South — if not the world!
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Apr 20
- 1 min
The Odd Bayou Art of Kenny Hill
Bricklayer Kenny Hill settled in the small bayou town of Chauvin in 1988, erecting a tent on a bayou-side lot while he built his home.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Dec 4, 2021
- 2 min
Happy Birthday Bunk Johnson
The Bunk Johnson Jazz, Arts, and Heritage Festival and Shadows-on-the-Teche will celebrate New Iberia’s Bunk Johnson with a surprise party.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Oct 13, 2021
- 6 min
Geauxst Hunting at LSU
An excerpt from “Haunted Baton Rouge” by Bud Steed, published by The History Press.
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Legend of Blue Moon Bayou
This short story was originally published in The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. It became part of my second book of The Viola...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Day the Civil War Stopped
Sometimes there's grace even in war. I live in a Georgia town where Union soldiers are buried in a national cemetery and the Confederates...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Follow the trail to Clovis Crawfish and Friends
Scavenger hunt celebrates 60th anniversary of cherished book. Children love reading about animals and there’s something so adorable about...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
Bonfires on the Levee
Every Christmas Eve folks along the River Parishes, what we call counties outside Louisiana, build massive wooden bonfires along the...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
The Louisiana town that moved to Arizona
Excerpted from "Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History" by Cheré Coen William M. Cady and his Cady Lumber Company established two...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Dec 19, 2020
- 3 min
City of Hey Baby
I’ve found that many Americans hail from cities, but they move away and are happily identified with their new home. For those of us...
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Cheré Dastugue Coen
- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min
Honoring an Louisiana outlaw legend
Louisiana has installed its first Legends and Lore Marker — and it’s to honor an outlaw. The historical marker unveiled at the Merryville...
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