EVENT DETAILS:
From Berwick Bay to 'touff'e: Shrimping in Louisiana
Event Date: September 1st, 2019
Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum 118 Cotten Road Patterson, LA 70392 (985) 399-1271 www.LouisianaStateMuseum.org Sep. 1, 2019 - Sep. 1, 2020: 9:30 a.m. 'til 4 p.m. - Tuesday thru Saturday Between the demise of the lumber business and the rise of the oil industry, Berwick Bay experienced an unprecedented shrimp boom in the late 1930s following the discovery of a large school of jumbo-sized white shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico. This exhibit traces how that discovery led to Morgan City becoming known as the "Shrimp Capital of the World."
