Famous People Archive - acadiatourism.org https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:46:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://acadiatourism.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AcadiaParish_logoClr-150x150.png Famous People Archive - acadiatourism.org https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/ 32 32 DYK – Rayne is known as… https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/dyk-rayne-is-known-as/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:46:13 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/?post_type=famous-people&p=1503185 Did You Know – Rayne is known as the Frog Capital of the World, dating back to the early 1900’s when Jacques Weil and his brothers had a profitable frog leg export business, shipping to restaurants across the country.

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]]> DYK – Grand Opera House is one of only… https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/dyk-grand-opera-house-is-one-of-only/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:39:25 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/?post_type=famous-people&p=1503184 Did You Know – Crowley’s Grand Opera House of the South – is one of only three percent of second-story opera houses still standing in the country, with fewer than that still performing arts theaters.

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]]> DYK – Crowley City Hall was once… https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/dyk-crowley-city-hall-was-once/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:35:00 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/?post_type=famous-people&p=1503183 DYK – The current Crowley City Hall was once the Ford Motor Company Model T dealership. Models are on display in the Ford Automotive Museum.

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]]> DYK – J.D. Miller Recording Studio is the oldest… https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/dyk-j-d-miller-recording-studio-is-the-oldest/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:31:22 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/?post_type=famous-people&p=1503177 Did You Know – The J.D. Miller Recording Studio is the oldest recording studio in continuous existence in the state of Louisiana and is best known for its Cajun, Zydeco and Country releases.

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]]> Rose Wilder https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/rose-wilder-2/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:01:54 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/?post_type=famous-people&p=1502883 Rose Wilder was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist who was also the daughter of famed American writer, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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]]> Charlene Richard https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/charlene-richard/ https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/charlene-richard/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:57 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/charlene-richard/ Proposed Saint

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]]> https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/charlene-richard/feed/ 0 Jo-el Sonnier https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/jo-el-sonnier/ https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/jo-el-sonnier/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:57 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/jo-el-sonnier/ Musician

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]]> https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/jo-el-sonnier/feed/ 0 Iry Lejeune https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/iry-lejeune/ https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/iry-lejeune/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:57 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/iry-lejeune/ Musician

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]]> https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/iry-lejeune/feed/ 0 Floyd Sonnier https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/floyd-sonnier/ https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/floyd-sonnier/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:57 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/floyd-sonnier/ Artist

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]]> https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/floyd-sonnier/feed/ 0 Irene Whitfield Holmes https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/irene-whitfield-holmes/ https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/irene-whitfield-holmes/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:57 +0000 https://acadiatourism.org/famous-people/irene-whitfield-holmes/ Ethnomusicologist

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