VALENTINE, Louisiana - History along Bayou Lafourche

[@benjamincainesr.6280]

I grew up in Valentine right behind that church ( Isrealite Baptist Church).. My Dad, Norman (Toe -Joe ) Payne was one of the sugar cane farmers for years. And the white fence that surrounds that piece of land. That's was my Dad's garden. Every once in a while I would go back and visit to see the land.

[@LouisianaDread]

Such incredible history!

[@dustyeschete9831]

Brother from another mother on the other side to bayou love y'all man

[@benjamincainesr.6280]

What's up Dusty.. You got to admit bro.. You think back.. Life was simple back then on both sides of the bayou of Valentine.. I miss when our Pop's used to take us fishing.. But I truly miss going hunting in the Back of Valentine.

[@dustyeschete9831]

I grew up in Valentine my hometown I love it

[@LouisianaDread]

I'm happy you enjoyed the content, my friend!

[@dustyeschete9831]

But my bridge is not ratchet

[@damarcuscaine80]

I grew up on Valentine it was a lil plantation where families get together and have family gatherings I was born in 1973 and this is where I was born and raised it’s my hometown ♥️♥️♥️

[@LouisianaDread]

Thanks for sharing! Love to hear about our history!

[@karenbeebekristensen8370]

My grandfather was a sort of overseerer of Banana Grovgrove plantation. He was in charge of a number of German POW's.

[@LouisianaDread]

What a wild time to be alive!

[@RaceBannon-x1u]

Killed It Again!

[@LouisianaDread]

Thank you!!

[@RaceBannon-x1u]

@LouisianaDread I have a true story for you if you are interested. It's about Jean Lafitte and his gift to his Lt Louis Chighizola's wife. It was a golden thimble made from a left over Spanish gold coin. My father still has the thimble in his possession. Louis Chighizola aka Nez Coupe is my 8 time Great Grandfather. At one time he owned most of the land in the center of Grand Isle. He was part of Lafitte's inner circle...

[@bobhowell]

In the early 1950 era, my family, (part of the Richoux famlily) living in Marrero, would drive to Valentine to visit my Aunt Edna and Uncle Bean Danos in their house on the Valentine p;lantation, the first house you came to driving from Lockport. They later moved the whole family to Pecan Grove.

[@LouisianaDread]

That’s fascinating

[@lisadparker]

I went to school in Valentine after Hurricane Betsy. My school in Lockport was used as a storm shelter so they could not hold classes there. The school notebooks my mother bought us at the start of every school year were made of paper from the Valentine Paper Plant.

[@LouisianaDread]

That’s incredible! So many resources are down here that we don’t really need to rely on many imports.

[@kenergixllc527]

Demand for specialty stationary dried up. That's what the papermill made. Acoustic panels used to be made out of the bagasse, and glue factory next door. The glue factory is now a specialty chemical company, mostly for toll manufacturing and drying of chemicals for major companies.

[@LouisianaDread]

Sounds pretty toxic

[@kenergixllc527]

@@LouisianaDread how is that?

[@kenergixllc527]

@@LouisianaDread mostly chemicals for treating drinking and waste water so the opposite

[@dangerouswitch1066]

i love going look around there

[@LouisianaDread]

I’m sure they have some interesting things buried in the cane fields.

[@anthonyhotard6827]

My uncle lived almost in front of the white church. He told me a story of when parts of the movie called “The Apostle” took place place there.

[@LouisianaDread]

Tons of films use our area to tell stories that aren’t ours. We need our stories told and I intend to do that.

[@lisadparker]

I was told by my mother that the reason des Allemands existed was that it was the community that grew up with POWs that were happy ro remain on Bayou LaFource after the war.

[@LouisianaDread]

That’s not true, as the Germans came MUCH earlier than WW2. Check out the video on Des Allemands!

[@bradboudreaux6966]

Kmsl at your mind blowing gesture 😂😂😂

[@LouisianaDread]

😂😂

[@subreniajohnson4509]

Thanks for the shout-out,[Napoleonville]!

[@LouisianaDread]

Napoleonville history coming soon👀

[@LanaFelarise]

This is blowing my mind. Thanks for doing this and telling these historical facts that some of us DTB people never heard.

[@LouisianaDread]

I’m happy you enjoy it! Much more coming each week

[@JrsNikkiBoo]

I grew up on the La 1 side right across from there ❤

[@LouisianaDread]

It’s a beautiful place to be!

[@SusieDaw-ix6pv]

The culture shock, along with extreme climate difference from Germany, foods, languages and customs, must have struck the German PoW's as seeming like being on another planet lol. What's not to love about the Texas Gulf Coast? I'm a native Texan, who has Cajun in my family, grew up in Orange Texas, right on the Sabine river. No place I'd rather be than on our little slice of heaven!

[@LouisianaDread]

Good

[@nette49]

My mother in law grew up in Valentine. She was born in 1927. She was a Triche.

[@LouisianaDread]

I’m sure she was related then!

[@kimlalajo]

Awesome!! Great story as always, brotha. I love these short history lessons. Thank you, Kyle! I wish I had something to add, but I do not.

[@LouisianaDread]

Thank you for enjoying! You are greatly appreciated, my friend!

[@FrankGraffagnino]

I wonder if a book is in your future where you focus on the backstories of bridges in louisiana. You certainly will have a lot of photos from all of your travels!

[@LouisianaDread]

There is definitely no shortage of bridges here either!

[@JenniferBadeaux]

Yep, that’s our history.

[@LouisianaDread]

It’s amazing and I think about it every time I drive through.

[@oldguy5381]

That old bridge is now gone. It to is history sorry to say.

[@LouisianaDread]

It sure is. I’m happy I got to film in front of it to show people what it looked like at least

[@procambarusclarkii]

Does "ratchet pontoon bridge" refer to how it operates or it's present condition?

[@LouisianaDread]

It’s present condition. Very old and rusted.

[@dahliahebert4034]

My bus stop was on the 308 side at the bridge

[@9thGenerationCajun]

Man speaking of old warn out bridges the 5 bridges on hwy 90 southeast of Slidell have been closed for a few months now they're saying they won't get repair estimates until 2025. A friend of mine is the only resident between the east-middle and East Pearl River Bridge. Where Nielson Swamp Tours used to be in the 90's.

[@LouisianaDread]

Wow that’s wild that all 5 bridges are like that.

[@hookedonmmmmdh9824]

Those little white slave houses you talk about in this video that was made into rent houses we lived in one when I was a kid that’s crazy

[@LouisianaDread]

Very interesting!