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Blake Pontchartrain: Where was Louis Prima's Pretty Acres Golf Course?

Por: The Advocate Politics September 17, 2022

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Hey Blake,I came across an old ad for Louis Prima’s Pretty Acres Golf Course. I know there’s a Louis Prima Drive in Covington. Is that where the golf course was located?Dear reader, Louis Prima, born in New Orleans in 1910, made a name for himself as a trumpeter, singer and bandleader in New York, Hollywood and Las Vegas. As he rose to fame in the 1950s, Prima purchased a home and large tract of land in Covington off Highway 190. Prima’s... + full article



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