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07/22/2026

Every face has a story.

Meet John Jackson Miller, one of the individuals remembered through the Faces of Chloe Historic Cemetery digital archive.
Explore his story and help us preserve the history of Chloe Historic Cemetery.
🔗 https://www.chloecemetery.org/faces
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07/08/2026

📸Seeking a volunteer documentary photographer to help document our work at Chloe Historic Cemetery.
If you enjoy photography and want to be part of preserving an important piece of history, I'd love to talk with you.
Send me a DM, call me at (916) 756-7500, or email [email protected] if you're interested or know someone who might be.

07/07/2026

📡 Seeking a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Partner
The Chloe African American Cemetery Preservation Association (CAACPA) is seeking a qualified Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) professional, university, archaeological team, or geophysical survey company with GPR equipment to assist in documenting Chloe Historic Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Your expertise can help preserve Southwest Louisiana's historic African American, Creole, and Native American burial grounds by respectfully documenting possible unmarked burials for future generations.

If you or your organization has GPR equipment and experience—or if you know someone who does—we would love to hear from you.

Please share this post to help us reach the right partner.
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📧 [email protected]

06/20/2026

Do your roots lead to Chloe?
We're working to identify those buried at Chloe Historic Cemetery. If your family has ties to Chloe, Iowa, the LeBleu Settlement, or the surrounding communities, we'd love to hear from you. Every story helps preserve history.

06/20/2026

A view from above.

Yesterday, volunteer Craig Crawford donated his time and talents to capture aerial footage of Chloe Cemetery.

For many years, this historic African American, Native, and Creole burial ground remained hidden beneath dense vegetation along English Bayou. Thanks to the efforts of descendants, volunteers, and community partners, we are beginning to document the cemetery from the ground and from the air.

Every photograph, map, and drone image helps us better understand the cemetery, document burial locations, and preserve this important piece of Southwest Louisiana history.
Special thanks to Craig Crawford for helping us tell the story from a new perspective.

🌿 Learn more: www.chloecemetery.org

06/19/2026

Today, we honor the resilience, strength, and enduring legacy of those who came before us.
Juneteenth reminds us that freedom was hard won, delayed for many, and preserved through the courage and perseverance of generations. As we celebrate, we also remember the ancestors whose stories continue to shape our communities.
From all of us at Chloe Historic Cemetery, Happy Juneteenth. ❤️🖤💚

06/12/2026

Before French. Before English. Before Cajun.
There was another language spoken in Louisiana.
Louisiana Creole, called "Kouri-Vini" by those who still speak it, was born in the 1700s on the plantations of colonial Louisiana. 🌿
It wasn't broken French. It wasn't a dialect. It was a full language, forged by enslaved Africans who took the French of their enslavers and rebuilt it into something entirely their own.
At its peak, hundreds of thousands of people spoke it across Louisiana. Free people of color, enslaved workers, Creole families in the prairies and the bayous: Kouri-Vini was the sound of Louisiana's soul.
Today, fewer than 10,000 people speak it fluently. Most are elderly. When they go, the language goes with them.
Linguists are racing to document it. Community groups are fighting to teach it to a new generation. But the clock is running out on one of the most extraordinary languages ever born on American soil.
Louisiana didn't just give the world jazz and gumbo. It gave the world a language. And almost no one knows it's disappearing. https://www.facebook.com/louisianauncovered/posts/pfbid02Vnd5ayeqrH74WbEwom4LyJ4pQFkC9zjQMtW6eLnTZzdJU3p5SoCFg8QSPk8hE8Vdl

Before French. Before English. Before Cajun.

There was another language spoken in Louisiana.

Louisiana Creole, called "Kouri-Vini" by those who still speak it, was born in the 1700s on the plantations of colonial Louisiana. 🌿

It wasn't broken French. It wasn't a dialect. It was a full language, forged by enslaved Africans who took the French of their enslavers and rebuilt it into something entirely their own.

At its peak, hundreds of thousands of people spoke it across Louisiana. Free people of color, enslaved workers, Creole families in the prairies and the bayous: Kouri-Vini was the sound of Louisiana's soul.

Today, fewer than 10,000 people speak it fluently. Most are elderly. When they go, the language goes with them.

Linguists are racing to document it. Community groups are fighting to teach it to a new generation. But the clock is running out on one of the most extraordinary languages ever born on American soil.

Louisiana didn't just give the world jazz and gumbo. It gave the world a language. And almost no one knows it's disappearing.

06/10/2026

A meaningful day at Chloe Historic Cemetery.

During a recent site visit, three members of the Carter family were located and identified within the cemetery. Additional burial locations were also observed nearby, offering new opportunities for future documentation and preservation.

Every discovery helps us better understand and protect the history of this sacred place.

🌳 Preserve. Honor. Remember.
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