Louisiana Shrimp Drying to be discussed at Feb. 4 Historical Meeting

  • Manila Village, the most famous of Louisiana's shrimp drying communities, was located near the Plaquemines- Jefferson Parish line in Barataria Bay, close to Myrtle Grove.
    Manila Village, the most famous of Louisiana's shrimp drying communities, was located near the Plaquemines- Jefferson Parish line in Barataria Bay, close to Myrtle Grove.

    Noted local Asian-American Historian, Winston Ho, with the Historic New Orleans Collection; will be guest speaker at the Plaquemines Parish Historical Association meeting o be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4 . Mr. Ho will discuss on “Shrimp Drying in Louisiana.'

    Filipino men arrived with the Spanish in the 1770s, known as Manila Men. By the late 1800s, many of the descendants of these early Filipino settle…