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    Opelousas (French: Les Opélousas; Spanish: Los Opeluzás) is a small city and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. Interstate...
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    colony and defined the land occupied by the Opelousa as the Opelousas Territory. The area south of the Opelousas Territory between the Atchafalaya River,...
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    The Opelousa (also Appalousa) were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands in Louisiana. They lived near present-day Opelousas, Louisiana,...
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  • The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath...
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    Keon Coleman (category People from Opelousas, Louisiana)
    Spartans and Florida State Seminoles. Coleman attended Opelousas Catholic School in Opelousas, Louisiana. He played both football and basketball in high...
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  • League. The team played the season in Opelousas, Louisiana, Dequincy, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas. "Opelousas, Louisiana Teams History". baseball-reference...
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  • Opelousas Senior High School is a public secondary school located in Opelousas, Louisiana. The school serves 840 students in grades 9 to 12 in the St....
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  • Opelousas Catholic School is a private, Catholic school in Opelousas, Louisiana. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, the school offers...
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    "New-Orleans and Opelousas Regular Packet". The Opelousas Courier. June 12, 1858. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-23. "Steamboat". The Opelousas Patriot. August...
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  • Opelousas Colored School (1919–1953) was a public segregated school for African American students in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. It was the first...
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    The Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas combined statistical area is made up of six parishes in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana. The statistical...
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    The Opelousas Historic District, in the city of Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is a historic district which was listed on the National Register...
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  • Carola Lillie (February 22, 2020). "Parlons Opelousas: History of African American education in Opelousas". Daily World. Retrieved 2024-02-19. Dormon...
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  • The Opelousas Indians was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Opelousas, Louisiana. Between 1907 and 1941, Opelousas teams played...
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    Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar (category Opelousas, Louisiana)
    Clarence "Bobby" Dunbar was the first son born to Lessie and Percy Dunbar of Opelousas, Louisiana. He was born on May 23, 1908. In August 1912, the Dunbars took...
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    as the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad company to run 172 miles (277 km) from Algiers to Washington and Opelousas. The start date was...
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    School Opelousas Jr. High School Sunset Middle School Beau Chene High School Eunice High School North Central High School Northwest High School Opelousas Senior...
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    readmitted to Union Louisiana readmitted to Union Alabama readmitted to Union Opelousas massacre Fourth Reconstruction Act Georgia v. Stanton 1868 elections 1868...
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  • located approximately 20 miles north of Opelousas along Louisiana Highway 29. The community is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area...
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  • NC CSA Lafayette, LA MSA 414,288 408,455 +1.43% Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas, LA CSA Mobile, AL MSA 411,640 414,809 −0.76% Mobile–Daphne–Fairhope,...
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    Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area St. Landry Parish 82,540 939 Opelousas, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area St. Martin Parish 51,767 817 Lafayette...
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  • 1920 Duluth James Harvey and Joe Jordan Joe Pullen Massacres and riots Opelousas massacre Rock Springs massacre Thibodaux massacre Spring Valley Race Riot...
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    2010 census. Grand Coteau is on Interstate 49 south of Opelousas and is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is a center...
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    proper's population was 121,374 in 2020. Part of the larger Lafayette-Opelousas-Morgan City combined statistical area, it borders the Lake Charles metropolitan...
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  • 1997 4 5 Sentenced to life imprisonment Raped and strangled women around Opelousas, Louisiana Malvo, Lee Boyd 2002 7 17 Life imprisonment without parole...
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    Pulaski, TN, riot (1868) Samuel Bierfield and Lawrence Bowman (1868) Opelousas, LA, massacre (1868) Bear River City riot (1868) Chinese massacre of 1871...
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    readmitted to Union Louisiana readmitted to Union Alabama readmitted to Union Opelousas massacre Fourth Reconstruction Act Georgia v. Stanton 1868 elections 1868...
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  • Andre Deshotels, deceased, regarding emancipation of his former slaves. (Opelousas Patriot, St. Landry Parish, November 3, 1855, via Chronicling America...
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    Opelousas, Louisiana. September 17, 1978. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com. "'Tribute to Cajun Music' Festival Set in Lafayette". Daily World. Opelousas, Louisiana...
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    readmitted to Union Louisiana readmitted to Union Alabama readmitted to Union Opelousas massacre Fourth Reconstruction Act Georgia v. Stanton 1868 elections 1868...
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