LACOMBE, LOUISIANA
Lacombe is the land of dense pines, oaks, and marshy bayous.
An unincorporated village on Lake Pontchartrain and along Highway 190, once a stagecoach route, Lacombe saw its first Europeans in the early 18th century. The laid-back community is known for the Creole observance of All Saints Day, in which descendants of early residents decorate and light graves in the oldest cemeteries in a ceremony known as Les Toussaints les Lumieres du Morte.
