The Antique Cypress Putt-Putt Boat Club

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Club was formed to foster and promote heritage and awareness of lost art of building and operating cypress bateaus powered by Lockwood/Ash-Nadler engines that were vital in the development of commerce in the Atchafalaya Basin in the early 1900's.

Dana Mendoza built this one by himself. Beautiful cypress. Sinker pulled out of the swamp in 1975 and sitting in a shed ...
08/14/2019

Dana Mendoza built this one by himself. Beautiful cypress. Sinker pulled out of the swamp in 1975 and sitting in a shed for 44 years!

Come joins us on the 25th. This exhibit is amazing! And Ory had his hand in this also.
05/13/2019

Come joins us on the 25th. This exhibit is amazing! And Ory had his hand in this also.

02/21/2019

As many of you are aware, Orie passed away in January. Because of his untimely death, all things associated with the club and/or the Bayou Chene Reunions are in limbo.
Since nobody has stepped up yet, I'm taking it upon myself to at least be a clearinghouse for information regarding anything concerning the putt-putts.
My contact info is: Paul Bouy Jr, Plaquemine, LA, 225-205-1428 cell. You can also IM me here on Facebook. I don't answer phone numbers with no id, so just leave a voicemail and I WILL return your call.
As of now, there is no info on the pilgrimage scheduled for April 27th. Unless someone takes this on, it won't happen this year.

http://www.wilbertservices.com/obituary/orie-j-mendoza
01/09/2019

http://www.wilbertservices.com/obituary/orie-j-mendoza

Orie a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away peacefully on Monday, January 7, 2019 at the age of 86. He was a carpenter, commercial fisherman and former detective with Iberville Parish Sherriffs Office a resident of Bayou Plaquemine and native of Bayou Chene, La. Visiti...

03/22/2018

Sorry to say that because of the high water, the Bayou Chene trip scheduled for April 21st has been cancelled.
Guess there's always next year. :(

Another one in the books. 6th Annual pilgrimage:https://youtu.be/anRO3cf5Cwk
04/29/2017

Another one in the books. 6th Annual pilgrimage:
https://youtu.be/anRO3cf5Cwk

6th Annual Bayou Chene pilgrimage on April 22, 2017

Ory, Dana and Glenn Patrick decided it would be educational to show how running hoop nets were done many years ago. Thes...
06/18/2016

Ory, Dana and Glenn Patrick decided it would be educational to show how running hoop nets were done many years ago. These nets were only set for a couple of days. Imagine having them set for a week and being almost full of fish. Than imagine raising, emptying and resetting them by yourself times by how many nets on your string. I'll bet that was a full day's work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrOx8etD8g

Running hoop nets in a putt-putt boat like it was done 100 years ago.

A little tease of old school net running on 6/15/16.Video coming soon.
06/16/2016

A little tease of old school net running on 6/15/16.
Video coming soon.

04/15/2016
The addition is almost ready to be opened to the public. We had the chance to get a sneak peek today with Ory Mendoza. J...
06/26/2015

The addition is almost ready to be opened to the public. We had the chance to get a sneak peek today with Ory Mendoza. Jean Crites, the owner, has done a super fantastic job of assembling some of the best the Atchafalya has to offer that shows the way of life of our ancestors.
You need to make the trip to Grosse Tete (across from the Welcome Center) and treat yourself and your family to this jewel of a gift shop/museum. You won't be sorry.

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