Rousseau's Catahoula Inn

ID: 1518 ~ Source:

“Rousseau’s Catahoula Inn, Attractive Pleasure Center, To Have Grand Opening On Sunday.” The Daily Advertiser, 07 Apr. 1928, pgs. 3. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/536436030/. Accessed April 15, 2024.

~ Date: April 07, 192.8

This file appears in: A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn

This is the main image of Catahoula Inn. The sheer size of the inn, as well as the 10-foot poles it was built upon, are noticeable.

This file appears in: A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn

A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn – The Tragic Story of a Forgotten Getaway

By Marie Hamilton

Gaston L. Rousseau was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, on November 7, 1881. In 1908, Gaston moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he lived for ten years. There, he met Lena Hogan of Illinois. The couple married in New Orleans in 1918. Within two…