- Bayou Chene, Louisiana
Bayou Chene (translated to "Oak Bayou") was previously a small unincorporated community in
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana . The community was located in theAtchafalaya Basin .History
Bayou Chene was located about 40 miles north of
Morgan City, Louisiana . The settlers there ran a church, a school, a merchandise store and the post office, which were all located on the bayou. In the 1920s it had approximately 500 residents, most of them having come to theSt. Martinville, Louisiana community. They were swampers, lumberjacks, trappers, farmers, fishermen and moss pickers.In the 1920s, oil drilling began in the area and
Texaco developed a field in theLake Mongoulois region. War and disease had not been able to run the people off, but when theUnited States Army Corps of Engineers decided to build a spillway to take some of the water from theMississippi River and reroute it to theAtchafalaya River , the government agency told the people they would have to leave. [ [http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/2320/river-communities.html www.geocities.com] ]Culture
U.S. Army MedicEugene Roe , portrayed in the 2001Tom Hanks /Steven Spielberg 10-partWorld War II miniseries "Band of Brothers ", was born in Bayou Chene.References
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