{{Short description|Newspaper of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, U.S.}} {{Italic title}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} The '''''St. Landry Clarion''''' was a newspaper of [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana]], established in 1890 in [[Opelousas, Louisiana]], the parish seat. It was started as a four-page weekly. It continued until 1921, when it merged operations with the ''[[Star-Progress]]'' to form the ''[[Clarion-Progress]]''.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/ |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]'s [[Chronicling America]] |title=About St. Landry Clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921 }}</ref> The newspaper's motto was "Here shall the press the people’s rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain." It affiliated with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name=land>{{cite web | url=https://www.lib.lsu.edu/collections/digital/dlnp/newspaper-histories/stlandry-Clarion | title=St. Landry Clarion | LSU Libraries }}</ref>
The paper was published in English and French.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvqN2A1oR9EC&dq=st.+landry+clarion&pg=PA292 | title=N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual | year=1892 | publisher=N.W. Ayer and Son }}</ref> According to [[Newspapers.com]] the newspaper generated 9,438 searchable pages during 1890–1921.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/paper/st-landry-clarion/4225/ |title=St. Landry Clarion Archive, Opelousas, Louisiana, 1890–1921 |website=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Raymond Breaux was the editor for many years, and eventually the owner.<ref name="Breaux">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyworld.com/story/news/local/2019/05/24/parlons-opelousas-raymond-breaux-and-st-landry-clarion/1223639001/ |title=Parlons Opelousas: Raymond Breaux and the St. Landry Clarion |author=Carola Lillie Hartley |date=May 24, 2019|website=[[Daily World (Opelousas)|Daily World]] |location=Opelousas, Louisiana}}</ref> His family was among prominent local citizens.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stlandrynow.com/community/the-tourist-court-on-west-landry-street/ | title=The Tourist Court on West Landry Street » St. Landry Now Online Newspaper » Opelousas & St Landry Parish, LA | date=26 October 2022 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/issues/ Browse Issues: St. Landry clarion. Opelousas, La. (1890-1921)], at the [[Library of Congress]]
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