Who put ‘old’ and ‘Spanish’ into the trail?

A cadre of cultural leaders from across south Louisiana and beyond will gather at the Rayne Civic Center on September 25 to explore the origins and influence of the roadway called the Old Spanish Trail (OST) that linked our Main Streets before an Interstate isolated most of them. The notice of the annual meeting caused me to wonder about several questions: How did it get its name? How old is it? A…