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The coming of the automobile to Opelousas was a big event. Local lore tells us the first automobile rolled into town at the turn of the 20th century when Allie B. Pickett drove his machine from Wisconsin to Opelousas. Many were delighted to see it; others were afraid of the horseless carriage. But it wasn’t long before some in town wanted to own one.
Soon Bea Boagni and Andrew “Jack” Moresi each had one. By 1909 Opelousas had an automobile business when H.E. Estorge and John Lewis started the Opelousas Automobile and Garage Co., Ltd., which became the Estorge and Lewis Automobile Company that sold Buicks.