Abbeville men honored a crustacean

Elks and Moose and Owls and Lambs all had fraternal orders in south Louisiana in 1913, but a critter that was already becoming iconic had none. That’s why some men in Abbeville decided it was time to create a social and fraternal organization recognizing the crawfish. “The whole purpose of this order is the exploitation of the backward, but oh so sweet” crawfish, according to a report in the…

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