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Jim Bowie, the legendary adventurer and hero of the Battle of the Alamo, lived in Opelousas after moving there from Kentucky. The Opelousas Tourist Center, which houses the display, is located at the city’s eastern entrance on Highway 190. It contains old manuscripts, pictures, guns, and other relics. In addition to stopping by the museum, visitors can go by the Jim Bowie Oak on Landry Street. The tree is believed to be more than 300 years old.

The same site is also the location of Le Vieux Village. The village includes an 1890 doctor’s office, a mid-1800 home, the Union Pacific Freight Depot, Venus House, which dates from before 1800, and the Whiteville Schoolhouse, built in 1911. The most recent addition to the village is a 1948 African American Methodist Church from Palmetto.

Filed Under: Tourist Information on November 12th, 2008