The name, Tangipahoa, means “ear of corn” or “those who gather corn” which referred to the sub-tribe of the Acolapissa. These Native Americans inhabited the area when French brothers, Pierre and Jean le Moyne, known as Sieurs Bienville and Iberville, arrived to colonize Louisiana. What would become the southern boundary of Tangipahoa Parish was part of the route used by Native Americans to travel from Mobile and Pensacola, through Pass Manchac to Illinois and the Great Lakes regions. Members of the Acolapissa Tribe led Iberville through Manchac, a shortcut to avoid the long winding Mississippi River en route to Biloxi where Bienville awaited. The brothers bestowed the names “Maurepas” and “Pontchartrain” on nearby lakes to honor the French finance ministers who supported the New World French colony, which Sieur Bienville named New Orleans.For more history on Tangipahoa Parish, see click here.
The Tangipahoa Chapter was
organized on February 26, 1932 by Mrs. C.W. Outhwaite who was also the
State Regent. The organizational meeting was held in the Alvis Hotel
in Hammond Louisiana. Those present at this meeting were Mrs. Evon Till,
Mrs. Nat Kent, Mrs. Augusta Hillman, Mrs. Annie W. Anderson, Mrs. Anna
L. Spiller, Mrs. Ignatia L. Robinson, Mrs. L.A. Sims, Mrs. Mary W. Corbin,
Mrs. Mertie C. Fourmy, Mrs. Eva L. Edwards, Mrs. Katherine Corbin, Mrs.
John Corbin, and Mrs. Wood Spiller. Officers elected for the chapter
were Regent, Mrs. Evon Till; Vice Regent, Mrs. Nathaniel Kent; Registrar,
Mrs. Wood Spiller; Historian Mrs. Ignatia Robinson; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. Augusta Hillman. The meeting was adjourned to meet one month later
where it was agreed to elect the other officers of the organization.
The name, Tangipahoa, means “ear of corn” or “those who gather corn” which referred to the sub-tribe of the Acolapissa. These Native Americans inhabited the area when French brothers, Pierre and Jean le Moyne, known as Sieurs Bienville and Iberville, arrived to colonize Louisiana. What would become the southern boundary of Tangipahoa Parish was part of the route used by Native Americans to travel from Mobile and Pensacola, through Pass Manchac to Illinois and the Great Lakes regions. Members of the Acolapissa Tribe led Iberville through Manchac, a shortcut to avoid the long winding Mississippi River en route to Biloxi where Bienville awaited. The brothers bestowed the names “Maurepas” and “Pontchartrain” on nearby lakes to honor the French finance ministers who supported the New World French colony, which Sieur Bienville named New Orleans.For more history on Tangipahoa Parish, see 
