Breaux Bridge, Louisiana is known as the "Crawfish Capital of the World".
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Incorporated in 1813 under the Lawrason Act, Saint Francisville is the second oldest town in Louisiana.
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Louisiana's first territorial governor, William C.C. Claiborne had great admiration for the awkward bird that inhabited the Gulf Coast region. The pelican, rather than let its young starve, would tear at its own flesh to feed them.