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Terrebonne Parish company history timeline

1822

One of the most southern of all Louisiana parishes, Terrebonne was established on March 22, 1822, when it was annexed from Lafourche Parish.

1828

The first plantation was established in 1828.

1834

Richard H. Grinage and Hubert M. Belanger donated one arpent of frontage along Bayou Terrebonne on March 18, 1834 for the new government seat.

1872

In 1872, a railroad that linked Schriever to Houma became instrumental in increasing trade and travel within and outside the parish.

1881

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol 1 (Davis, 1881)

1885

History of Louisiana: The French Domination, Volume 1 (Gayarre, 1885)

1893

History of Louisiana (King, 1893)

1901

Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of the Acadian South (Cable, 1901)

1913

Athanase de Mezieres and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier 1768-1780 (Spain in the West), Vol 1 (Boldon, Ph.D., 1913)

1916

Bocage’s official map of the Parish of Terrebonne, Louisiana. [New Orleans, La.: Charles William Bocage, 1916] Map.

1918

The Eve of the Revolution: A Chronicle of the Breach with England (Becker, 1918)

1921

Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and Gray (Wood, 1921)

1929

Oil and gas made its debut in 1929 and brought a period of economic development and prosperity unparalleled anywhere in the state.

1931

Old Families of Louisiana (Arthur & de Kernion, 1931)

1934

Centennial Celebration Houma, LA. 1934 (1934)

1935

My First Days in the White House (Long, 1935)

1938

Louisiana Conservation Review (Spring 1938, Summer 1938) (Department of Conservation, 1938)

1941

Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees Vol 1 (de Bachelle Seebold, 1941)

1942

Lee’s Lieutenants, Vol 1 (Freeman, 1942)

1943

The Bayous of Louisiana (Kane, 1943)

1944

Lee’s Lieutenants, Vol 3 (Freeman, 1944)

1950

Louisiana Tours: A Guide to Places of Historic and General Interest; Where to Go, How to Go; What to See (Arthur, 1950)

1955

A Manual on Examination of Louisiana Land Titles (Louisiana Land Titles) (Baily, 1955)

1959

The Indians of Dulac (Roy, 1959)

1960

The Story of Louisiana, Volume 2 (Davis, 1960)

By 1960, the combination on rich oil production backed by Houma's productive waters, fertile soil, and natural mineral resources, Houma became one of the fastest growing cities in America.

1964

Louisiana: A Lucrative Land (Louisiana County Agents Association, 1964)

1966

Louisiana: History of Our Local Government (Martin,1966)

1967

Houma Courier: Magazine Edition (1967)

1970

Le Terrebonne: A History of Montegut (Guidry, 1970)

1971

Texas and the Mexican War: A Chronicle of the Winning of the Southwest (Stephenson, 1971)

1972

The Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics (Ford, 1972)

1975

The First Constitution of the State of Louisiana (Morgan, 1975)

1979

The sugar mill itself was sold in 1979, dismantled and shipped to Guatemala where it was reassembled and is still in use today.

1980

When the bottom fell out of the oil industry in the early 1980's because of cheaper foreign product and dwindling local resources, Houma fell with it.

1985

Happy 150th Birthday, Houma (Houma Daily Courier, 1985)

1987

Gumbo Ya-Ya (Louisiana Writer’s Program, 1987)

2000

Terrebonne Farms, Louisiana: An Anthropogeographic Study of a New Deal Resettlement (Adam, 2000)

2004

Louisiana’s Haunted Plantations (Pascoe, 2004)

2011

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana: Our Bayou Parish (Usie, 2011)

2013

The Mission Story of the Dulac Community Center (2013)

2020

Cajun Traiteurs: Faith Healing on the Bayou; The Cajun Traiteur and Transmission of Cajun Folk Healing Knowledge (Sonnier, 2020)

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