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    'Little Grand Canyon' in Louisiana? Well, kind of.
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 18
    • 2 min

    '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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    The Smallest Church in the South?
    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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    The Odd Bayou Art of Kenny Hill
    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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    Happy Birthday Bunk Johnson
    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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    Geauxst Hunting at LSU
    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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    The Legend of Blue Moon Bayou
    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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    The Day the Civil War Stopped
    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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    Follow the trail to Clovis Crawfish and Friends
    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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    Bonfires on the Levee
    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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    The Louisiana town that moved to Arizona
    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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    City of Hey Baby
    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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    Honoring an Louisiana outlaw legend
    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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