re: Italian Immigration to Louisiana

My great grand parents came thru the port of Orleans in a ship that had perishables on it. Approx 1885. That way they didn't stay long on said boat. Unlike the immigrants that came thru new York did. They worked the sugar cane plantations in plaquemines parish. Saved their money and bought land in Tangipahoa parish and grew strawberries. I have been fortunate enough to have met my relatives in Sicily in 1972 then again in 2022. My paternal grandparents property was right at the I12 tickfaw exit. In 1959 the govt bought 20 some odd acres from them to build the interstate. My family just sold 30 plus acres on the southeast side where Loves is about to start building a truck stop. We talked to buccees but they said nope.