40 Stories from 40 Years
1983: Dorcas's First Reflections
When Dorcas Woods Brown introduced Country Roads to the world Read more
Aug 29, 2023
4:00 PM
1984: Swimming Holes
A paean to favorite swimming holes of the Felicianas Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:59 PM
1985: The Music of Feliciana Names
A look back at the linguistics and lore of Feliciana location names Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:48 PM
1986: Henry Watson Carves a Slice of History
The early career of the Maringouin sculpture artist since described as a "Living Legend" Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:48 PM
1987: Welcome Barn Swallows
Late West Feliciana naturalist and longtime Country Roads contributor Murrell Butler's argument for coexisting with the little blue birds Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:48 PM
1988: Bopotamus Festival
The funky, long-gone Star Hill Festival that playfully celebrated the "missing evolutionary link between the pig and the hippopotamus" Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:48 PM
1990: Lake Rosemound
The early development of the little paradise on the water north of St. Francisville Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:48 PM
1989: Woodville's Courthouse Square
The history and architecture of Woodville's small-town downtown area Read more
Aug 29, 2023
3:48 AM
1991: "I Want to Go Home With the Armadillo"
A disdainful ode to the creature "so ugly, so stupid, so perfectly imperfect" Read more
Aug 28, 2023
3:00 PM
1992: Michael Miller, Potter
The process and pots of the beloved late St. Francisville potter Michael Miller Read more
Aug 28, 2023
2:00 PM
1993: Olive Oil, America's New Craze is 5,000 Years Old
The history of olive oil in Louisiana and the Mediterranean, from the perspective of it being treated like a "recent yuppie discovery" in the '90s Read more
Aug 28, 2023
1:00 PM
1994: Local Blues Singer Dies
A memoriam to Scott Dunbar, the blues legend of Wilkinson County, Mississippi Read more
Aug 28, 2023
12:00 PM
1995: Hurricane Gardening
A guide to planting and preparing your garden for hurricane season Read more
Aug 28, 2023
11:00 AM
1996: Shades of Serenity
James Fox-Smith's first-ever story written for Country Roads, about downtown St. Francisville's Shadetree Inn Read more
Aug 28, 2023
10:00 AM
1998: Eat More Possum
Musings on the origins and lore of North America's only marsupials Read more
Aug 28, 2023
8:00 AM
2000: Monument to a People's Rural Past
Kathe Hambrick has an unabashed love for the widely strewn history of her people–the African Americans of the rural South. Read more
Aug 27, 2023
3:48 PM
2001: Of Love and Loess in the Natchez Hills
Jim Conrad’s passion is another person’s scenic drive–and an adventure in eco-tourism for all Read more
Aug 27, 2023
2:48 PM
2002: Ma Mama's: Downhome Goes Upscale
Mother-daughter restaurateurs reinvent Creole in New Roads Read more
Aug 27, 2023
1:46 PM
Cover: a photograph by David Humphries of a circa-1800 Stitches in Time quilt ; Story by Pamela Price.
2003: Bus Stop
The Incredible Story of the Baton Rouge Boycott Read more
Aug 27, 2023
12:50 PM
Cover by C.C. Lockwood ; Story by Doug Daigle; photos by Charlotte Latham.
2004 : Mission for the Marsh
Enlisting camera and canvas in the war against Louisiana's coastal erosion Read more
Aug 27, 2023
11:50 AM
Cover by Johnny Donnels; Poem by Sheryl St. Germain
2005: When the Levee Breaks/ A Love Poem for New Orleans
"If it keeps on rainin', leee's go in to break, and all these people have no place to stay" —Memphis Minnie, 1929 Read more
Aug 27, 2023
10:49 AM
Cover by Stephen Kimball ; Story by Patrick Dunne, photos by Rebecca Beacham.
2006: Pentecost in Arnaudville
A town in South Louisiana is rapt with an artistic revival Read more
Aug 27, 2023
9:49 AM
Cover by Ulricka Francis; Story by Bonnie Warren ; Photos by Kim Ashford.
2007: The Story of American Slavery, Retold
John Cummings' passion and vision unfold at Whitney Plantation Read more
Aug 27, 2023
8:49 AM
Cover by Kennith Humphrey ; Story by Alex V. Cook.
2008: Young Faces, Old Souls
Louisiana's Music is in Capable Young Hands Read more
Aug 27, 2023
7:49 AM
Cover by Dale Fairbank; Story and photos by Frank McMains
2009: Means of Escape
Within Angola, some inmates find that art provides the only path to freedom. Read more
Aug 27, 2023
6:49 AM
Cover by Robert Warrens ; Story and photos by Frank McMains
2010: The Flaky Ephemera of Hubig's Pies
Is this really where the Crescent City got its nickname? Read more
Aug 26, 2023
3:45 PM
Cover by Amy Guidry ; Story and photos by Sam Irwin.
2011: L'Ordre des Chevaliers de La Prairie Cadjine
And thanks to these knights of the Cajun Prairie, chivalry is far from dead Read more
Aug 26, 2023
2:45 PM
Cover by Bill Iles. Story by Megan Hill.
2012: Leah Chase's Hometown: Madisonville, Louisiana
Leah Chase has come a long way from her Depression-era childhood in tiny Madisonville, but her memories of the town and that life are close at hand. Read more
Aug 26, 2023
1:45 PM
