Thanks for the video. It would have been nice to hear of the first settler of the town, Andrew Doyle McFarlain that brought the railroad to the town and then named Jennings after the business man. In the middle of Jennings you can still find the three streets in a row, Andrew Street, Doyle Street, and McFarlain Street. A.D. McFarlain was my great, great, great grandfather. Many McFarlains still live there today. Keep the history alive.
My hometown baby, born and raised right here!!! Did a report on our little town back in the day, so i KNOW my Jennings history VERY well! And almost everything he says here is accurate!! As far as the oil thing goes however. Yes we are known as the "Cradle of Louisiana oil", the place that oil was struck however was not actually in Jennings! It was actually in evangeline, which is a small unincorporated Community about 10 minutes outside of town. I guess we are given credit for it because we were the closest town to where the rig actually was. But yeah I've always found that strange!! We do have a replica of that oil rig at the park just off of I-10. It's called the oil and gas park, but we locals just call it the I-10 Park! They also have a place there called the gator chateau, where they have a few full-grown Gators and big turtles you can look at! Also you can hold a baby alligator if you want!!
@@LouisianaDread Glad to hear it, I loved the Saint Malo video, I hadn't heard of it before you. If you do weeks island, don't forget to mention the Indian mound on it. I've found many pottery sherds walking the banks of that area
Settlers moved to the area with the encouragement from large land companies that advertised the vast prairie land for sale that was ideal for growing rice. Some people moved here to homestead land offered by the US government. My great- grandfathers moved here from Nebraska and Kentucky to purchase farmland to grow rice and cotton. The rice farming was mostly developed in Louisiana by people in Crowley Louisiana and it is known as the Rice Capital of Louisiana.
Too bad the first well is actually in Acadia Parish not Jeff Davis. I enjoy your videos on history,not a big fan of your gumbo reviews I’m not complaining I just don’t watch them.
Probably because you put tomato in your gumbo, which I’m not hating on. I’m just not a fan. The well you speak of was the first used in commercial quantities, not the first in general.
@@LouisianaDread nope no tomatoes in my gumbo lol. I grew up a still live in Iota not far from Jennings and was always told the first well was the Clement#1 witch never produced. The #2 they completed with screens and flowed for along time.
Thanks for the video.
It would have been nice to hear of the first settler of the town, Andrew Doyle McFarlain that brought the railroad to the town and then named Jennings after the business man.
In the middle of Jennings you can still find the three streets in a row, Andrew Street,
Doyle Street, and McFarlain Street.
A.D. McFarlain was my great, great, great grandfather.
Many McFarlains still live there today.
Keep the history alive.
Thanks for the info!
we use to fly our little Cessna from BTR to Jennings pull into the shell road to go and eat at the hotel there --- it was Howard Johnsons
That must’ve been so fun! I wish I could just fly everywhere lol
My hometown baby, born and raised right here!!! Did a report on our little town back in the day, so i KNOW my Jennings history VERY well! And almost everything he says here is accurate!!
As far as the oil thing goes however. Yes we are known as the "Cradle of Louisiana oil", the place that oil was struck however was not actually in Jennings! It was actually in evangeline, which is a small unincorporated Community about 10 minutes outside of town. I guess we are given credit for it because we were the closest town to where the rig actually was. But yeah I've always found that strange!!
We do have a replica of that oil rig at the park just off of I-10. It's called the oil and gas park, but we locals just call it the I-10 Park! They also have a place there called the gator chateau, where they have a few full-grown Gators and big turtles you can look at! Also you can hold a baby alligator if you want!!
Love this info and THANK YOU for sharing it! I hope people stop by and tour both communities on their road trips.
You keep getting closer to my hometown, Basile LA! Thanks for keeping us informed on LA history!
Thank you for enjoying!
Any plans on videos of the towns that don't exist anymore? Like weeks island, bon ami, or ramsey?
Yes, I will be doing videos on those communities as well! We already did one on St. Malo. @@Pk-io6xe
@@LouisianaDread
Glad to hear it, I loved the Saint Malo video, I hadn't heard of it before you.
If you do weeks island, don't forget to mention the Indian mound on it. I've found many pottery sherds walking the banks of that area
I love this channel. Well done big guy
Thank you, my friend!
Love the history i got to visit now. I'll tell em you sent me, lol
Thank you!!
You said that the Cajuns, and the blacks welcomed the Yankees from up north. So I guess there were no Créoles around yet.
There were, they just a super minority in the area and weren’t as welcoming to the English speaking Americans 😂
Huh... settled just a few months before Jack the Ripper started doing his thing, over in London.
That’s right!
Where precisely in the Midwest would anyone grow rice? Pretty sure rice was being grown by southerners long before northern carpet baggers.
I’m not sure Stanley. This is Louisiana Dread not Midwest Dread. The sources I’ve found said the settlers were from the Midwest and they grew rice.
@@LouisianaDread well, you said they grew crops they were familiar with.
Settlers moved to the area with the encouragement from large land companies that advertised the vast prairie land for sale that was ideal for growing rice. Some people moved here to homestead land offered by the US government. My great- grandfathers moved here from Nebraska and Kentucky to purchase farmland to grow rice and cotton. The rice farming was mostly developed in Louisiana by people in Crowley Louisiana and it is known as the Rice Capital of Louisiana.
@@PrairieNursery moved where from Nebraska? Louisiana? I don't know how anyone could grow rice in Nebraska.
@@stanleyshannon4408 They don't.
Unfortunately I can't afford to pay for these videos. So I guess I'll take my leave, even though I have been following your channel for a LONG time.
If you really have been following this channel for that long, you would know that these videos are free on CZcams each and every Monday.
Too bad the first well is actually in Acadia Parish not Jeff Davis. I enjoy your videos on history,not a big fan of your gumbo reviews I’m not complaining I just don’t watch them.
Probably because you put tomato in your gumbo, which I’m not hating on. I’m just not a fan. The well you speak of was the first used in commercial quantities, not the first in general.
@@LouisianaDread nope no tomatoes in my gumbo lol. I grew up a still live in Iota not far from Jennings and was always told the first well was the Clement#1 witch never produced. The #2 they completed with screens and flowed for along time.