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Visit St. James Historical Society Museum, a small turn-of-the-century pharmacy in Lutcher
where tourist information is available, along with antiques and pictures from the past. On the
grounds you will find an old Post Office, locomotive, train station, 800-year-old sinker
cypress log, Blacksmith Shop, and more. Lost somewhere in the beautiful and glorious history of
St. James Parish
is when, where and why a bayou called Bayou des Acadiens became Blind River.
Laura, a Creole plantation and American Home of Br'er Rabbit, was built in 1805 on the Great
River Road. Oak Alley Plantation, the South's most beautiful setting, begins with its
spectacular trees, twenty-eight sheltering oaks over 250 years old. Lighting bonfires in St.
James Parish on Christmas Eve has been a tradition since the 1880s. Our annual Festival of the
Bonfires is the second weekend in December.
For more information, contact:
River Parishes Tourist Commission.
Credit:
Louisiana Office of Tourism.
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