City Of Eunice

C. C. Duson had already helped found Crowley with his brother in 1887 when he bought 160 acres here, laid out a town and persuaded the Southern Pacific to build a branch line up from Crowley. The community was named for his second wife, Eunice Pharr Duson, and was incorporated as a town in 1895. In 1909 voters picked Ville Platte over Eunice as seat of the new Evangeline Parish. A railroad town that lost its parish bid went on to call itself the Prairie Cajun Capital.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prairie Acadian Cultural Center — 0.9 mi
  A National Park Service center in Eunice on the Cajun prairie, with exhibits on the Acadians who settled the prairies, a Courir de Mardi Gras display, free music and cooking demonstrations, and the shuttered Liberty Theatre nearby.
• Le Vieux Village and the Venus House — 20 mi
  A heritage park in Opelousas built around the Venus House of about 1791, the home of a free Creole woman of color, Marie Francois Venus, with an old schoolhouse, Methodist church and the visitor center's zydeco music exhibit.
• Louisiana Oil and Gas Park — 23 mi
  The roadside park at Jennings where Louisiana's oil industry began in 1901, with a replica derrick, a pioneers' plaque and Gator Chateau.
• Coushatta Powwow and Koasati Heritage Day — 24 mi
  The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana's annual powwow and its free Koasati Heritage Day, held at the tribe's resort in Kinder.

More markers nearby

• Johnson's Grocery — 0.6 mi
• Plaisance School — 19 mi
• Site of Bowie Residence — 20 mi
• Delta Theater — 20 mi