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Few customers queued up to buy Leyland's overly complex and inflexible integral Titan. Reading Transport was one of the few companies that did. In this May 1998 shot, native RMO 72Y is sat by the station in Reading.
St. Martin de Tours Catholic Rectory
133 S Main St
St. Martinville, LA
Built: 1840
Architect: Robert R Benson
Style: Romanesque
The church was founded in 1765 by Acadian refugees settling in Atakapa country; the first church was probably designed by French military engineer Lieutenant Louis Andry. The church was incorporated in 1814 by an act of the Louisiana legislature. Another act passed in 1820 authorized the congregation to run a lottery to raise funds to build a new church. Completed in 1840, the current building was consecrated in 1844.
Bayou Teche, a waterway in south central Louisiana, meanders through St. Martinville, where birds wade among cattails, streets are shaded by century-old mossy oaks and people enjoy fishing, picnics in the parks and visits to historic museums.
The St. Martinville people are descendants of Beausoleil Broussard, an Acadian hero from the 1700s, and Bienvenu and the Duchamp families of French royalty, who fled revolution. Descendants from Senegal also share life in St. Martinville, and many residents still speak French.