Emile Clause’s Dancehall

Newspaper article about a boy who was struck by lightning from the Tensas Gazette, St. Joseph, October 14, 1910 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87090131/1910-10-14/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

A.M. Wilks Beer Garden

From old matchbooks: Lee St. Extension- Hwy 71- “All soldiers welcome- terminal bus passes every 40 minutes” ...

Club 20

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Country fiddler Bob Henderson played there with Matt and Smiley Bennett in 1951. The club was on Highway 1. From Louisianafolklife.org: “In the early 1950s, Herman on guitar and his brother who had taken up fiddle began playing country music shows at theaters and schools. Gradually, the band grew to an eight-piece band known as the Louisiana Ramblers and played area clubs such as Club 20 on Highway 1.” ...

Club De Soto

3019 Lee Street, “Dining and Dancing Nitely to Louisiana’s Finest String Bands” ...

Dub Hall

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Activity Center for the Alexandria Catholic Church. Country, swing, and old time fiddler Ray Beebe played there in the early 1950s and again in the 1970s- every Saturday night. Country and western swing fiddler Jack Kay played there in the mid 1960s. ...

E & E Club

105 n. 3rd Street, Papa Cairo poster in Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader ...

Hollywood Club

Highway 165- 3 miles North of town “Always a good orchestra- sandwiches of all kinds” ...

Jack’s Saloon

Matchbook 10th Street opposite Union Depot, Alexandria “We Deliver” ...

Kajun Korner

3008 N MacArthur Drive 71301- 1977 Polk Directory ...