Bayou Store
by Scott Pellegrin
Title
Bayou Store
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
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This is a HDR image that was cropped square. Gustave Lapeyrouse saw the need for a full-time grocery store in Chauvin in 1914, 99 years ago. There was no paved road, only pastureland and sugar cane fields. Customers arrived by boat. Three generations later, great-grandson Cecil is keeping the family business going.
"Growing up, there was more to do here," Cecil Lapeyrouse said. "We had more families living here, and you would see them coming and going at the store."
But south Louisiana's eroding coastline is taking its toll on Chauvin. The pasture and sugar fields are gone, replaced by saltwater intrusion. "We used to crawfish across the street," Cecil said, "now, they are shrimping."
With 99 years and three generations tied up in the store, the Lapeyrouses have no plans to leave anytime soon, come hell or more saltwater.
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June 7th, 2015
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