Editing Kaplan, Louisiana (section)

==History==
In 1896, the Holy Rosary [[Catholic Church]] was established in the growing European-American settlement. Most of the people were [[Acadian]], so the main language was [[French language|French]].<ref>[http://www.kaplanla.com/about.html "Kaplan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005015135/http://www.kaplanla.com/about.html |date=2009-10-05 }}, Official Website</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/-YNonjsr5SY Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200228174806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNonjsr5SY Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNonjsr5SY| title = Keeping French alive in Louisiana {{!}} The World in Words | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The town was named after Abrom Kaplan, who bought the Jim Todd Plantation in 1901. The town of Kaplan grew quickly and was established in 1902. The following year, residents created the first school.<ref name="vrml.k12.la.us">[http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/dozier/vp/Kaplan/kaplanla.htm www.vrml.k12.la.us "Kaplan: The Gateway to the Coastal Wetlands"], Vermilion Parish Website  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022225248/http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/dozier/vp/Kaplan/kaplanla.htm |date=October 22, 2008 }}</ref>

On July 14, 1906, the first [[Bastille Day]] Celebration was held. In 1911, the Eleazar Theater was built. In 1916, the Kaplan Telephone Company began. In 1920, the school was rebuilt.<ref name="vrml.k12.la.us"/>{{Dead link|date=November 2009}}

The ''Kaplan Herald'' has been in continuous publication since 1956 as the ''Kaplan Journal''. When Conrad Kaplan purchased the newspaper in 1965, he named it the ''Kaplan Herald''. It remained under his ownership until his death in 1992, when Louisiana State Newspaper purchased the ''Kaplan Herald'' from his estate.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

On [[Hurricane Carla tornado outbreak|September 10, 1961]], the town was hit by a destructive F3 tornado spawned by [[Hurricane Carla]]. Most of the town was heavily damaged and one person was killed.<ref name="StormData">{{cite web |title=Storm Data Publication {{!}} IPS {{!}} National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/sd/sd.html |website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Kaplan2">{{cite report |title=Louisiana Event Report: F3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=10032701 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Grazulis1">{{cite book |last1=Grazulis |first1=Thomas P. |author-link1=Thomas P. Grazulis |title=Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events |date=July 1993 |publisher=The Tornado Project of Environmental Films |location=[[St. Johnsbury, Vermont]] |isbn=1-879362-03-1 |page=1038 }}</ref>