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Hinckley Street and the century-old Hinckley house in the old St. Landry Parish town of Washington are reminders that Oramel Hinckley was one of the most significant steamboat captains in the heyday of Bayou Courtableau.

Being open-minded and tolerant has lots of great benefits. You’ll be less stressed because being tolerant of someone else means you are not in competition with them. You will be more confident with your thoughts when you realize you are not threatened by others.
You’ll gain insight by opening your mind to how others think. You can pick up new ideas or concepts that haven’t occurred to you. Seeing the world through someone else’s eyes provides a different perspective.

Back in prehistoric days when nobody had a TV set or air conditioning, there were few things better to do as the weather turned warm than to seek out entertainment and a cooling breeze in the grandstands of the hometown baseball team. In south Louisiana that meant the game could quickly turn hotter than the weather.