Way Back in Erwinville - Hardcover

by Monica Lockett (Author)

Way Back in Erwinville is a beautifully presented hardcover book featuring nearly 275 full-color pages, filled with historical photographs, images, and stories that bring the community's rich history to life. With colorful visuals throughout nearly every page, this book offers readers a nostalgic journey through the people, places, traditions, and memories that shaped Erwinville, Louisiana. It is a keepsake designed to be treasured and passed down for generations.

This book is a journey through the history, people, traditions, and everyday life of a small Louisiana community whose story has been carried for generations through family memories, photographs, newspaper records, and oral history.

From the early days of Erwinville and the families who made their homes along its rural roads to the schools, churches, farms, businesses, nightclubs, rodeos, baseball fields, and gathering places that became part of community life, this book preserves a history that might otherwise be forgotten.

Its pages explore the experiences of African American and Creole families, the legacy of farming and plantation life, education and faith, local businesses, traditional foods, hunting and fishing, cowboys and rodeos, racing, music, Mardi Gras, and the people whose talents and determination helped shape Erwinville.

More than a collection of dates and historical facts, Way Back in Erwinville is about remembering how people lived in the places they gathered, the foods they cooked, the work they performed, the celebrations they created, and the stories passed from one generation to the next.

Filled with historical research, photographs, community memories, and stories shared by those with connections to Erwinville, this book is a tribute to the people who came before us and a way of preserving their legacy for those still to come.

This is Erwinville: Our history, our memories, and our story.