"La Chapelle de Madame Patout" Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Chuck Walla: Greetings from Geocaching.com,

Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache, nor did you post a note to your cache page telling me and others of your intention to address the issue with it, the cache has been archived.

Some time ago, I posted a note to your cache page requesting a response from you to post what you were planning to do with the cache on the page and to send me a note. I have no record of a response, and no response tells me that you are not planning on replacing or repairing this cache. If I am wrong with that assumption, please let me know promptly. I can always unarchive the cache for you if needed.

Sincerely,

Chuck Walla
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Geocaching.com

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Hidden : 8/3/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Container is larger than a small but not as large as an ammo can, is capable of holding average size TB's and trade items. Handicapped accessible with a little effort.

My original intent was to provide information on “Enterprise Plantation" and the nearby sugar mill. Much of my research was limited to the internet and aerial photos. However when I visited to place the cache I discovered something with as much historical value as the nearby community. This is where I eventually placed the cache,. The link I have included does no justice to the area. The church no longer exists today, with the exception of a statue of Christ and the grave site of Madame Patout. Hopefully you will take time to investigate the area as I have and appreciate the residents that reside here.



Simeon Patout returned to France on business and died there. His wife, Appoline, took over
the plantation. "Dame Veuve Patout" was quite successful at business, but in 1845 was stricken with
yellow fever. Upon her recovery she built a chapel for the plantation on a ten arpent plot at Chicot
Noir and named it in honor of St. Nicholas. "La Chapelle de Madame Patout" was apparently the
only church between Cypremort Point and New Iberia at the time. Both blacks and whites attended
the small church, and family correspondence indicates that the widow would have liked to have a
priest there more often. Madame Patout died in 1879 and was buried in the middle isle of the church
which was eventually demolished after being severely damaged by a hurricane in 1964. The
tombstone, now in an empty field, reads: ''ICI REPOSE LA FONDATRICE DE CETTE EGLISE
DAME N. PAULINE PATOUT, ELLE A PASSE EN FAISANT LE BIEN PRIEZ POUR ELLE

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