Patrick M. McIntosh

Executive Producer of Bayou Mac History | Co-Owner of McIntosh Farms

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Join me for an uninterrupted dashcam POV drive along the Great River Road into Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Feel the rumble of the 5.7L Hemi as we approach the Old River Control Structure—the massive engineering marvel that prevents the Mississippi River from shifting into the Atchafalaya Basin and devastating South Louisiana’s economy.

This raw footage serves as the visual prologue to Bayou Mac History – Episode 7, dropping this Sunday. In the full mini-documentary, we explore the structure’s extreme engineering, its history, and the 1973 near-collapse that nearly changed the course of the river forever.

Watch now (live at 3 PM CDT): https://t.co/LNFX8Mu5my

#GreatRiverRoad #MississippiRiver #OldRiverControl #LouisianaHistory #BayouMacHistory

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Houston for the 4th weekend and @astros baseball.

Daikin Park looked great, the crowd brought the energy, and the humidity showed up like it had a guaranteed contract. ⚾🇺🇸

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@deneenborelli 250 years of freedom, courage, and summer heat. America came in hot. 🇺🇸😆

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@thedebralea Beautifully said. Freedom is a gift, but stewardship is the assignment. Grateful for 250 years — and hopeful we keep building a country worthy of the pledge. 🇺🇸

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@thedebralea @tracegallagher @Dakota_Meyer Backwards? Down here in Louisiana we call that “limited edition.” 😂🇺🇸

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LSU baseball keeps turning the portal into roster construction. Angel Laya’s freshman production gives Jay Johnson another serious bat to work with.

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Jay Johnson Does It AGAIN! LSU Lands HUGE Transfer

https://t.co/3Vxx0Xhdem via @YouTube

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@MattMoscona @YouTube Jay Johnson working the portal like he found the cheat code and kept the receipt. Big pickup for LSU.

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This is the heart of it:

Rural America does not need pity. It needs working systems that let good people stay, build, and pass something on.

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The flag matters. The fireworks matter.

But if the field is underwater, the Wi-Fi is limping, child care is unaffordable, and the farm note is staring at you like 3rd-and-long in Tiger Stadium, the conversation is not finished.

New essay: https://t.co/1hbmz2hwQT

[Patrick M. McIntosh @Bayou_Mac]

The flag matters. The fireworks matter.

But if the field is underwater, the Wi-Fi is limping, child care is unaffordable, and the farm note is staring at you like 3rd-and-long in Tiger Stadium, the conversation is not finished.

New essay: https://t.co/1hbmz2hwQT

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New Bayou Mac Short is live:

Gettysburg began July 1.
Vicksburg fell July 4.
Port Hudson fell July 9.

Same week. Same war. One river that changed everything.

https://t.co/PJSQadxWmK

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Everybody remembers Gettysburg.

But that same week, Vicksburg fell, Port Hudson fell, and the Mississippi River helped decide the Civil War.

New Bayou Mac History short tonight.

Gettysburg got the headlines. The Mississippi moved the map.

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Everybody remembers Gettysburg.

But that same week, Vicksburg fell, Port Hudson fell, and the Mississippi River helped decide the Civil War.

New Bayou Mac History short tonight.

Gettysburg got the headlines. The Mississippi moved the map.

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@MattMoscona Hard to beat that skyline in red, white, and blue. NYC understood the assignment.

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The unglamorous stuff matters most:

A road that holds.
A farm that survives a bad year.
A clinic close enough.
A school with resources.
Internet that does not disappear like it saw a game warden.

That is rural freedom in daily form.

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Fireworks celebrate freedom.

But in rural Louisiana, freedom also looks like passable roads, reliable power, broadband that does not disappear like it owes somebody money, farms that can survive a bad year, and families who can build a life without leaving home.

That is the work.

#RuralLouisiana #BayouMacHistory #SmallTownAmerica

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YouTube Short is live.

June 29, 1956: the Federal-Aid Highway Act.

Roads. Exits. Bypassed towns. Farm routes. Freight corridors. Evacuation paths.

A road is a budget with asphalt on top.

#BayouMacHistory

https://t.co/AACvEsd14J

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New Bayou Mac Reel is live.

June 29, 1956: the road law that changed Louisiana farms, freight, towns, and evacuation routes.

A road is a budget with asphalt on top.

Which road shaped your parish?

#BayouMacHistory #LouisianaHistory

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70 years ago today, America passed the road law that changed the map.

Today’s Bayou Mac Short is about the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 — and why a highway is never just a highway.

It is farms, freight, small towns, storm evacuation, and policy poured in asphalt.

TikTok drops at 1 PM CT.

#BayouMacHistory #LouisianaHistory #RuralAmerica

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Sunday thought: a “cup of cold water” is not small when somebody is thirsty.

That is health. That is dignity. That is neighborliness. That is rural development before it gets a grant name and a committee meeting.

Build the kind of place where mercy has infrastructure.

#BayouMacHistory #RuralLouisiana #HumanDevelopment #FaithAndCommunity

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Louisiana runoff day.

No sermon, no candidate pitch — just a reminder that small towns still deserve a say. If you’re eligible, go vote. Polls are open until 8 p.m. ⚜️🇺🇸

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A charter can declare peace.
A cargo plane can deliver it.

June 26 gave us both lessons.

Peace on paper. Food in the air.

Full Short: https://t.co/PR6xIwtZRr

#BayouMacHistory #BerlinAirlift #UNCharter

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1945 — UN Charter signed.
1948 — Berlin Airlift begins.

One put peace on paper.
The other put food in the air.

From Berlin to the bayou, freedom needs logistics.

#BayouMacHistory #OnThisDay #AmericanHistory

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Full Short is live here:

https://t.co/UOOTw7gtZZ

[Patrick M. McIntosh @Bayou_Mac]

1945 — UN Charter signed.
1948 — Berlin Airlift begins.

One put peace on paper.
The other put food in the air.

From Berlin to the bayou, freedom needs logistics.

#BayouMacHistory #OnThisDay #AmericanHistory