An old mill

POUSTAGNACQ You’ll find it at the end of René Loustalot Street, which follows the old cart track, used in bygone times by the train on wooden railways. Before the Revolution, there used to be a flour-mill, belonging to Dax Barnabites. During the... More

POUSTAGNACQ You’ll find it at the end of René Loustalot Street, which follows the old cart track, used in bygone times by the train on wooden railways. Before the Revolution, there used to be a flour-mill, belonging to Dax Barnabites. During the Restauration, it was bought by Bertrand Geoffroy - owner of the Abbesse property, nearby- who transformed it into an iron factory. THE LARTIGUE DYNASTY On October 2nd, 1858, Jean Lartigue, a local farmer , became the owner of Poustagnacq but his son was the one who extended the estate. First he had a six-meter wide canal built in order to fix the banks of the Herrere stream. Then he dried the marshes nearby, which became pasture and farm land (40 hectares), where he raised 60 cows and pigs. Poustagnacq cheese was well-known at the time. He stored hay to keep fodder –a brand new practice at the time. He also created a factory making wine out of dried grapes. His son, August, was Mayor of St Paul, from 1888 to 1919. He gave the mill its present l Less