Good things happened in Lafayette — then known as Vermilionville — after the railroad came through in the mid-19th century. One of them was the Gerac Cotton Gin, founded in 1883 by two immigrant brothers, Jean and Pierre Gerac.
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When cotton ginning was the big local business
Good things happened in Lafayette — then known as Vermilionville — after the railroad came through in the mid-19th century. One of them was the Gerac Cotton Gin, founded in 1883 by two immigrant brothers, Jean and Pierre Gerac.
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