Everything Ville Platte is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Ville Platte.
3 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Opelousas sits on a subtle rise, a gentle swell of land that belies its relative height. At 66 feet above sea level, it's high ground compared to much of southern Louisiana, a place where the flat coastal plain begins…
Pull over here for a second, I want to tell you about the Venus House. It gives us a rare window into the lives of free Creole women of color in Louisiana. Marie François Venus, a free woman of color, owned this house…
The story of Eunice begins in the late 19th century, a time when railroads were stitching together the Louisiana landscape. C.C. Duson, a land developer, recognized the potential of this flat, unassuming stretch of…