Dance At Catahoula Inn

ID: 1543 ~ Source:

“Les Danses De Dimanche Après-Midi.” Teche News, 24 Jun. 1998, Pg. 15. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/473591728/. Accessed April 15, 2024.

~ Date: circa 1928

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

This is a flyer for a dance to be held at Cathoula Inn. Dancing at the Inn was a main attraction, as the dance floor could hold 2,500 people!

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…