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Local economy Pointe Coupee Parish's historic churches and the visitors they bring Two Pointe Coupee churches are on the National Register. Their histories, and what visitors spend in the parish. Local economy Fordoche, Louisiana: business and the local economy Fordoche is a town of 910 people in western Pointe Coupee Parish. How an oil and gas find in 1948 changed it, and what drives the economy now. Local economy Pointe Coupee's historic sites and the working businesses among them Pointe Coupee has 33 National Register listings. A look at Creole architecture, a historic log house and two long-running farm businesses. Local economy Julien Poydras: the merchant who shaped Pointe Coupee Julien Poydras went from peddler to banker and planter, and left much of his fortune to schools and charities. His wealth rested on enslaved labor. Local economy Morganza, Louisiana: business and the local economy Morganza is a village of 525 people in farm country, next to a flood spillway built to protect Baton Rouge. What the data says about work, farms and risk. Local economy Parlange Plantation: a family-held estate on False River Parlange, near New Roads, is a National Historic Landmark held by one family for about two centuries. How the estate earned its living. Local economy False River and Pointe Coupee: the tourism economy False River is a ten-mile oxbow lake at the center of Pointe Coupee tourism. The lake, the bridge, the airport and what visitors spend.