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6 unusual facts about Terrebonne Parish


H. L. Bourgeois High School

HLB opened its doors on December 3, 1973, after a decision had been made to build a new high school in the northern part of Terrebonne Parish.

Houma Hawks

The team was officially announced to the public on October 24, 2002 at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse Annex.

Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1959–60

Grevemberg scored his highest percent, 39.9 in Terrebonne Parish, and his second-best showing was the 27.2 percent in his native Lafayette Parish.

Scouting in Louisiana

Chilantakoba Lodge works as an integral part of the Southeast Louisiana Council in serving Scouting in Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemine, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint Tammany, and Terrebonne Parishes, as well as a portion of Mississippi.

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

It has been the setting for several other movies in recent years, most notably the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild which was filmed in Montegut and inspired by the plight of bayou communities such as Isle de Jean Charles.

William L. Johnston

In addition to his Philadelphia buildings, Johnston was commissioned in 1847 to design the Orange Grove Plantation House in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.


Ernie Alexander

That year, Alexander joined more than thirty legislative colleagues in endorsing the unsuccessful gubernatorial candidacy of former House Speaker Hunt Downer of Houma, the seat of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana.


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