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1765 Acadian leader Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil arrives in New Orleans with a band of about 200 Acadians. Beausoleil realizes that city life is not for his people so he heads west to start a New Acadia on land near what is now Breaux Bridge. Over the next several decades, thousands of other exiles would follow his lead to southwest Louisiana. Living in isolation from the rest of the country, these Acadians - or Cajuns as they came to be called - build a wonderful new culture, much of which still survives today. 1604 - 1713 - 1755 - 1785 - 1847 - 1901 - 1921 - 1928 - 1968 - 1974 our menu - entertainment - gift shop - functions - group tours - cajun central - locations - home ©1999 Mulates. All rights reserved. No portion of this site may be used without the written consent of Mulates and its officers. web solution by:
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