re: Just checking in to see if the LSU melt is still in full swing

linewar:

Thanks for the post, that book looks real interesting. Yes, Hammond was kind of the dividing line although the areas between Hammond and Amite also has large numbers of Italian immigrants who settled there around 1920, those that were farmers and worked in agriculture and did not wish to work in New Orleans in Manufacturing or Port related industries, etc. But yes, Hammond was kind of the last area of what would be considered South Louisiana in the Florida parishes and everything along what is now I-10 through Saint Tammany. Today of course Saint Tammany is just an extension of New Orleans in reality in terms of the people, the accents, the culture, food, etc.

Again, thanks for the link