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CREDITS Unless otherwise noted, photos and maps are in the Cenac Collection at the Nicholls State University Archives, Thibodaux, Louisiana Research of these materials may be arranged by contacting the Archives and Special Collections Department at Allen J. Ellender Memorial Library on the Nicholls campus in Thibodaux. Cover, Houma Fish and Oyster Company on Bayou Terrebonne, R.A. Bazet Collection, Nicholls State University Archives Front end sheet, New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad map by G.W.R. Bayley page 19 middle, courtesy Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government page 19 bottom, State Library of Louisiana hp000210 page 30, Maison Cenac photo from Lourdes,LesSecrets by Pierre Pene page 37 portrait, Coignet Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives pages 46-47, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1956.55 page 48, by Adrien Marie Persac, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1988.9 page 49 top, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, from the National Portrait Gallery, London pages 50-51, by David William Moody, Library of Congress LCDIG -plmsca-08318 page 52 bottom, State Library of Louisiana hp003210 page 53 top, by Jay Dearborn Edwards, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection accession no. 1982.32.1 page 53 bottom, FrankLeslie’s IllustratedNewspaper, March 19, 1883 pages 54-55, map courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1952.29 page 56 top, Marshall Dunham Photograph Album, Mss.3241, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. page 56 bottom, by Jay Dearborn Edwards, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1987.167.10 page 57 top, by Jay Dearborn Edwards, Williams Research Center, courtesy Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1982.167.3 page 57 middle, Marshall Dunham Photograph Album, Mss. 3241, LLMVC Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA page 58, George Francois Mugnier Photograph Collection, courtesy Louisiana State Museum gf000669 page 60, by Marshall Dunham, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1959.183.3 page 63, by Adrien Marie Persac, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1939.5 pages 66 and 67, courtesy Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office, www. sos.louisiana.gov page 68 top, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 69, top (clippings) courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 69 bottom, Southern Pacific Railroad bulletin, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 72 top, by E.H. Newton, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1959.159.32 page 72 middle, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 73 photo, W.L Martin Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 73 inset, LaGarde Family Papers, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 74 all images, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 75 top, courtesy Dr. Carl Brasseaux and Dr. Don Davis page 75 bottom, R. R. Barrow Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 76, by Adrien Marie Persac, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 77 bottom, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 79, by Adrien Marie Persac, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 80 map, courtesy Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court’s Office page 80 inset photo, courtesy Dale Robertson, First Presbyterian Church of Houma page 81 all images courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 82 bottom, ad courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 83 top, R.A. Bazet Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 83, bottom, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 84 bottom photo, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 85, courtesy Terrebonne Parish Clerk of Court’s Office page 86 top, map by Max Field Ludlow, courtesy Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, accession no. 1939.2i.ii page 86 middle photo, R.A. Bazet Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 86 bottom, Houma Courier Magazine Edition, 1906 page 87 top left, Colonel Joseph S. Tate Photograph Album, Mss. 4963, LLMVC, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. page 87 top right, courtesy Louis Zelenka page 88, clippings courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 89, clippings courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 89 photo, R.A. Bazet Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 90 left, by S.T. Blessing, courtesy Louisiana State Museum Library LSM1979.120.162 page 90 bottom right, R.A. Bazet Collection, courtesy Nicholls State University Archives page 91, Harper’sWeekly, November 1885 pages 92-93 photo courtesy State Library of Louisiana hp008967 page 94, courtesy Gary J. Whipple and Keith M. Whipple page 95 top, originally courtesy Mrs. M...

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