Paul Duhon was a fixture at Acadian Village for 30 years.  He was born on September 18, 1917, to a family that can trace their heritage back to the 1600's in France.  He also has a branch of the family tree that came to Louisiana with the orginal Acadien settlers from Nova Scotia in the 18th century.  T-Paul, as he was known, didn't have any children of his own, but he loved to entertain the school children who would visit the village.  He played the spoons for them and delighted them with his tunes on his Cajun washboard (which learned to play by ear).
 
T-Paul was 90 years old when he passed away in 2007.  With T-Pauls' savings, his brother, Willie Duhon, built a house in his memory.  The T-Paul house is built with old cypress from Lafayette and Abbeville and houses a sample of his knife collection and some of his wood carvings. 
   
 
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