The Advocate

Which was first, Natchitoches or New Orleans? New Orleans may be bigger, but is it older?

In 1714, Louis Juchereau de St. Denis set up a trading post, marking the official beginning of the settlement that would become City of Natchitoches.

In the wake of heroes, a spectacular life at sea

French ocean expeditioner Jean-Baptiste Charcot had a thirst for exploration; a “gentleman of the poles” who took French ...