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The young people of today
are not aware of conditions of their grandparents' time. An effort is made on
these pages to record the past in such a manner as to make this generation
understand and appreciate the evolution experienced by our parish.

-from the Preface
Histoire et Geographie des Avoyelles en Louisiane, a French
text, accurately and interestingly details the history of this central
Louisiana parish. In carefully researching this work, the author personally
toured the region and interviewed its residents. As a result, she has produced
a necessary asset to the exploration of the rich history of Louisiana and the
South.
In this book, the French language links the reader to the past, to a time
when the French flag flew over the area and the language was thus used more
frequently in the state.

Dr. Corinne L. Saucier (1890-1960) dedicated her life to education and the preservation of the rich, local tradition of folklore in central and southern Louisiana. Her scholarly books include History of Avoyelles Parish, Traditions de la Paroisse des Avoyelles en Louisiane, and Histoire et Geographie des Avoyelles en Louisiane. She completed graduate studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Columbia University in New York, earning her doctorate in 1949 from Laval University in Quebec. Prior to her death in 1960, Saucier was professor of French and Spanish at Northwestern State College for twenty-four years and resided in Natchitoches, Louisiana, for twenty-nine years.