The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-01-05
Lockport.

Lockport. La. is a thriving little
village Of about 500 inhabitants, stu
ated on both sides Of Bayou Lafonrche,
about midway between Donaldson
vile. on the Mississippi and the Cult
of Mexico. W. suppose that it was
abont the year 1850 when locks were
nut in where the company cana! ross
es the bayou, and Terrebonne Parish
was thus connected with New Orleans
by canal. The town which was built
up where this canal crosses Bayou
Latou,che. was called Lockport from
the locks in the canal. 1t must have
been somewhere about 1915 when lev
ees were first built this low down on
the bayou. Prior to this time the land
on which the town now stands was
covered with cypress swamps.
One of tie first settlers (probabiy
the first one) who settled here was
Antoine Boyonovicht, better known
as '.Quatre Escaiin.,' lie settled here
abont the year 1910, ana amassed some
money by peddling. From his greed
for money he received his pseudonym,
which is French for four bits.
Another of the old settlers was Will
liam Fields, who owned all the land
from the Cutoff to up some distance
above Lockport. including Lake View
Plantation. Lake Fields. a beautiful
sheet Of water about three miles wide
and seven miles long, which lies about
Il mile back from the bayou. was NAM
ed after him. Among the other old
settlers of Lockport' were Jordan Sa-
vote, 3. F. Barker, G. Ahribat ST..
Thomas White. Joseph Balrios, Thorn
rs Barker and Raymond Knight. OF
these all are now dead but one, Mr..
Thomas Barker.
Lockport had the name of being a
pretty toug! place until about 1870,
since which time it has made rapid
progress in ciyility and refinement,
nutIl now Il more orderly ana polite
people cannot be found.
Loekport is in easy reach OF the
Southern Pacific railroad. being only
seven miles from Raceland station.
There is a line of flathoats running in
connection with the above named
railroad, which delivers freight daily
Except Sunday the year round.
While the bayou is navlgable for
steamboats,. which is generally about
seven months in tie year, the Louisi-
ana. a passenger boat, makes a trip to
Donaldsonville every ether day. The
largest river steamers come down and
carry out large cargoes of potatoes and
onions. which are produced in great
quantities on the lower Lafourche.
Lock port has five large general mer-
c!landise stores and several smaller
ones, a blacksmith and carriage shop,
:hree hotels, three livery stables, a
stationery and book store. three drug
stores. two barber shops. one dentist,
tW" physicians, ii cooper shop, three
schools, one church, two bakeries, aud
three oyster and fruit stands.
From the lakes our fishermen fur
nish us with fine fish, and from the
gulf the lnggers bring up delicious
oysters, crabs, etc, during their sea-
son.
Situated as it is, in one of the rich
sections of the sugar country
where Indian corr. rice and
cane thrive. and where vegeta-
bles, sucli as potatoes, onions, cab
bage, etc. may be produced ali the
year rOund-we see no reason WHY
L"ckport cannot continue to grow and
become in time the center of trade if
not the parish seat of the parish OF
Observation-Disclosures.