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Some things you just gotta experience. What a coonass is right now is HOT and hoping not to get wrecked by hurricanes again this year.

I had a farm on the Cane River below the dam, extended to the Red Dirt hills. It was in arpents. I-49 cut it in half. I sold the halves to different buyers.

DF

Then I’ve driven thru it! LOL! Yeah. Look at those old surveys. Those arpents were long and narrow and usually terminated at a navigable waterway.

That describes this tract to a "T"....

Once sliced in two by I-49, one could get to the Cane River part by exiting at Derry and following the Cane River.

The other half could be accessed by back roads that follow Bayou Derbonne.

DF

Always heard born north of I-10 you are a redass born south of I-10 you are a coonass.

Among the many truths that’s another one.

when I first clicked on this thread I thought it was gonna be about a fungal infection or something, like baboon ass or it’s ilk lol.

French Law.

Look at the picture map of Plantations along the Mississippi River from New Orleans up to Natchez. Very prevalent in illustrating the river’s access

I have one of these maps framed in cypress that came from a slave outhouse in West Baton Rouge Parish along with more of the same of framed prints by the artist, Robert Rucker.

Close enough.
Grins

I have spent my life near the Bayou Teche. There are several towns with roads named 40 Arpent.

Arpent can either be a linear measurement or a square measurement.

From the web:

The arpent, a French system of land division, has left a lasting mark on the landscape, which is still evident today. Measuring between 2 and 4 arpents wide and 40 to 60 arpents from bayou to marsh, this system facilitated a coexistence with a constantly fluctuating landscape.1, 3 (A single arpent is approximately 192 ft., and a square arpent, also known as an arpent, is approximately 0.84 acres.) Commonly referred to as a “long-lot”, the arpent granted residents access to the bayou for transportation purposes, natural high ground for building, areas for cultivation, and fishing within low lying marsh. The natural change in topography channeled water from high to low ground within each parcel. This system enabled and sustained a distinct lifestyle organized around a unique and increasingly fragile environment.

Hard to believe now that the Teche and the Lafourche bayous were once the main channels of the Mississippi River.

There was a great documentary years ago called Old Man River (I believe) and it was 1 hour per episode on Monday through Thursday with the total 4 hours shown all together on Friday. It covered the eons of the various channels that the river varied from over time up to the present course.

yep

Army Corps works hard to keep it from rechanneling thru the Atchafalaya to Morgan City, which would wipe out Morgan City, leave BR and NO with much less river.

DF

Coonass - is a Cajun.

It is derived from the fact that in the Summer time, they tan black.

... but have white stripes on the parts normally hidden.

...so they look kinda like raccoons.




GR

I heard one say he was a Cajun by choice, not by birth.

No argument here.

They know how to “pass a good time”. And they do know how to cook. Yankee food seems sorta bland in comparison.

DF

That would be my family.



Lots of Redbones around Boyce, Simpson, Flatwoods, Burnstown area.

Add Pitkin, Sugartown to the list.

DF

Being an outfitter for quite a few years I had a lot of Louisiana hunters. I didn’t have to say a word. Within five minutes upon arrival a coonass made damn sure I knew he wasn’t a redneck. Upon arrival a redneck wanted me to know for damn sure he wasn’t a coonass. Always laughed, I could tell without them telling me. Them boys didn’t like each other. Always had to watch the Louisiana hunters real close. They’re hard on game populations. That’s why they came to Texas to hunt, not much left and home. They only know two seasonings, salt and pepper. Always a lot of fun but you better damn sure s keep a tight rein on them.

Here's the Wikipedia article on the Old River Control Structure that keeps the river on it's present course. If the Corps of Engineers hadn't built it the river would have already switched to the Atchafalaya Basin. Pretty fascinating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_River_Control_Structure

I always heard that if you’re from the south you’re a dumb fugk and that Texans are ten steps beneath that.