11 It is not clear from the historical record when the first Houma settlers arrived in
their present home in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. However, it is known
that by 1795 at least three whites, all bearing French surnames, had settled in the
southern portion of Terrebonne Parish, all three married to Indians. Pressures ...

52 To keep his daughter away from the auction scene, Mr. Sunnyside agrees to
purchase Terrebonne for her. The slave auction takes place inside the Peyton
home, but though it isn't in a public market, it's still construed as a space where
ladies should not be present. Dora, however, returns to the auction and attempts
to ...

Jean-Pierre Cenac, Patriarch: An Illustrated History of Early Houma-Terrebonne
Christopher Everette Cenac ... Another courtesy the Cenacs provided Strada was
the use of a horse-andcarriage limousine for his wedding.5 The first 15 years of
Pierre and Victorine's life together were unmarred except by the usual vagaries ...

It was sold in 1846 to Colonel Van P. Winder, who continued to add to his
property until it comprised 3,300 acres, and was the first large sugar cane
plantation in Terrebonne Parish. Shortly after his death Colonel Winder's widow
built the present home. During the War between the States both Federals and
Confederates ...