Mamou, Louisiana

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  St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people Sunday: Arthur C. Wagley, 48, 380 T. Joe Road, Sunset, charged with simple criminal damage to property, criminal ...

• Evangeline Parish Safety Checkpoint
  

  LOUISIANA STATE POLICE COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent Evangeline Parish Safety Checkpoint January 5, 2009 On Wednesday, January 7, 2009, Louisiana State Police - Troop I ...

• Tornado warning for Ville Platte, Mamou
  

  The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a tornado warning for Evangeline Parish and parts of St.

• Genealogy Query - STEPHENSON
  

  Looking for birthmother. Caucasian female born June 5, 1989 in Mamou, LA. Birthparents names are Tracy and Bob.

• Haifley - Nordman
  

  John and Christine Haifley of Ruston, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Glynis Haifley, to Joshua Nordman, son of Mr.

• Cajun dance festival raises spirits and money for a good cause
  

  Yasemin Aksoy, left, and Doug Taylor dance together at last year's Cajun & Zydeco Dance Fest at Tipitina's. The festival has been expanded to two days this year and kicks off on Saturday, Dec.

• Winter mix creates havoc on roadways
  

  The heaviest snow in recent memory closed roads, downed power and phone lines and caused general mischief throughout the region Thursday morning, especially in northern portions of Acadiana.

• Times Picks: Dec. 10-16
  

  The fourth annual Le Feu et L'Eau Festival will take place this weekend in Arnaudville.

• Evangeline Police Jury holds French meeting
  

  A curious audience packed the Evangeline Parish Police Jury meeting room Monday afternoon for its annual all-French session.

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  St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people Sunday: Nicole Roxanne Coates, 21, 117 Lydia St., Lot 3, Port Barre, charged with disturbing the peace by ...

• Brian West and Stephanie Landry
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Dupont Paul Landry of New Iberia announce the engagement of their daughter Stephanie Melissa Landry to Brian Paul West, son of Mr.

• Acadiana Diary: Sharpshooting sheriff always got his man
  

  South Louisiana has had some legendary lawmen, and one of them was C.C. "Curley" Duson, who was not only a sharpshooting sheriff of St.

• 1 dead, 2 injured in rollover
  

  One man died Monday evening and two others were injured when a pickup flipped multiple times, authorities and witnesses said.

• Peformance benefits UL band
  

  The UL band will travel in April to Scotland for the Edinburgh Spring Fair. About 100 student musicians will travel across the pond to play not only traditional marching band songs, but to bring a little of ...

• Ville Platte High's fate hangs in balance
  

  The Evangeline Parish School Board will continue fighting to keep Ville Platte High School open, despite the U.S. Justice Department's recommendation that it shut down.

• FEMA Where's The Help? Part 2
  

  Last week we asked you to send us questions that you would like answered by FEMA, regarding the agency's response to hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

• Busing looms if bond issue fails
  

  About 400 Ville Platte High School students could be bused to other high schools in rural Evangeline Parish if on Tuesday Ward One voters reject a bond to build a new high school.

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  St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following person Tuesday : Brad Derrick Braus, 32, 122 Jude Lane, Opelousas, arrested on a bench warrant for failure to appear for ...

• The Boudin Cook Off
  

  The First Annual Boudin Cookoff to Benefit the Preservation Alliance of Lafayette was organized by Dr.

City Description

Mamou is a town in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,566 at the 2000 census. Mamou is located at 30°38′3″N 92°25′8″W / 30.63417, -92.41889 (30.634033, -92.418913). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²), all of it land. There are many stories about the name Mamou. One was the legendary Indian, Chief Mamou. It is certain that this vast prairie was known as Mamou Prairie as far back as the 1700s and that Anglo-Americans first called it 'Mammouth Prairie' because of its immense size. And when the Frenchmen came the called it 'Mamou' for mammouth. The name "Mamou", contrary to folklore, is a family name found in France. Within this vast stretch of prairie, the town site of Mamou was laid out in 1907 by Curley C. Duson of Eunice, Louisiana. He was president of the Mamou Town site Company which opened an office on the corner of Seventh and Chestnut. Lot auctions were held weekly and lots back then sold for $50. The original village covered one square mile. On January 11, 1911 Mamou was incorporated. Cotton was the major crop for many years on the prairie. By 1915 the village boosted having

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