Pine Alley Drive, also known historically as Oak and Pine Alley, is pictured Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in St. Martinville, La. A religious icon is displayed on an oak tree a the head of Pine Alley Drive, also known historically as Oak and Pine Alley, Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in St.
Martinville, La. Pine Alley Drive, also known historically as Oak and Pine Alley, is pictured Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in St. Martinville, La.
Pine Alley Drive, also known historically as Oak and Pine Alley, is pictured Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in St. Martinville, La. Pine Alley Drive, also known historically as Oak and Pine Alley, is pictured Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in St.
Martinville, La. The legend of Oak and Pine Alley speaks of a wedding party, trees dripping with Spanish moss and golden cobwebs, and a bride — or maybe two — advancing toward a home at the end of a lane that feels like winding one's way through a verdant fairy tale. This is the story associated with the erstwhile Oak and Pine Plantation of St.
Martin Parish. A marker on La. 96, just east of St.
Martinville, gives the particulars: The alley is credited to Charles Durand, a Frenchman and planter with upward of 15 children, a plantation along the Bayou Teche, and the means to drape imported gold- and silver-dusted cobwebs along the lane for his daughter’s wedding. An historical marker is displayed at the turn off to Pine Alley Drive, also known historically as Oak and Pine Alley, Tuesday, August 13, 2024, in St. Martinv.