The stories of Assumption Parish, LA
8 narrated audio stories from across Assumption Parish — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Madewood Plantation House
When Madewood Became a Set, and a Memory
A plantation house outlived its first purpose and entered public view.
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The Detour That Made Brandon Jacobs
How a Kansas junior college reopened Brandon Jacobs’s road to the NFL.
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How a Bayou Courthouse Town Became Napoleonville
A small parish seat with an outsized, imperial name.
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From Napoleonville to Giants Glory
How Brandon Jacobs carried Assumption Parish all the way to two Giants titles.
Madewood Plantation House
Columns, Sugar, and the Making of Madewood
A grand house shaped by ambition, labor, and Greek Revival design.
Belle River
Sugar Built the Columns at Belle Helene
A grand house, a sugar fortune, and the memory left after fire.
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A Parish Named for a Feast
How faith, settlement, and naming shaped one of Louisiana’s original parishes.
Madewood Plantation House
When Cane Had to Move Fast
At Madewood, sugar making was a race against time and labor.
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