Cypress Logging in the Basin

A Digital History of the Louisiana Cypress Industry

Jason Theriot Consulting, in partnership with the Wedell-Williams Cypress Sawmill Museum in Patterson, LA, created a digital history of the cypress logging industry in the Atchafalaya Basin swamp (1890s-1930s). This unique project explores the history of the cypress companies and their operations through maps, rare images, and video clips, using the multimedia platform ArcGIS StoryMap. This project was funded by a generous grant from the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. To view the StoryMap project online, click here.