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What you are reading: What to See in Houma, Louisiana This Weekend
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- Houma is the largest city in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
- It is also the largest city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- The city was named after the Native American tribe of Houma people.
- The area had a number of sugar cane plantations in the antebellum years and some of them, like Southdown, were converted to museums and are open to the public.
- Regional Military Museum in Houma is a non-profit museum devoted to Louisiana military history and to preserving the memory of local residents who have served.
- Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
- The 4,619-acre refuge consists of freshwater marsh and cypress-tupelo swamp.
- The Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales is a Catholic cathedral in Houma, founded by Rev. Zéphyrin Lévêque in 1847.
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