, ▁T ort ue , ▁after ▁the ▁Indian ▁chief , ▁and ▁C oul ée ▁Tr ief ▁or ▁T rive . ▁The ▁C oul ée ▁Tr ief ▁name ▁involves ▁Jean - B apt iste ▁Tr ief , ▁a ▁myster ious ▁person ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁one ▁of ▁Jean ▁La f itte ' s ▁pir ates , ▁who ▁built ▁a ▁cabin ▁on ▁the ▁cou lee , ▁about ▁ ▁west ▁of ▁Crow ley , ▁Louisiana , ▁about ▁ 1 8 1 6 . ▁He ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁" t all , ▁dark , ▁sin ister - looking " ▁man ▁who ▁wore ▁large ▁ear r ings ▁like ▁pir ates ▁once ▁did . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁stories ▁about ▁how ▁Est her wood ▁got ▁its ▁name . ▁A ▁likely ▁one ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁two ▁names : ▁Wood , ▁for ▁a ▁Dr . ▁Wood ▁who ▁was ▁once ▁prominent ▁in ▁the ▁area , ▁and ▁Est her , ▁for ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁a ▁rail road ▁executive . ▁Another ▁is ▁the ▁wood ▁part ▁may ▁come ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁trains ▁stopped ▁for ▁fuel ▁wood ▁here . ▁ ▁Jacob ▁K oll itz ▁and ▁A . ▁D . ▁Le Bl anc ▁established ▁stores ▁near ▁the ▁Tr ief ▁cabin ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁and ▁a ▁little ▁settlement ▁began ▁to ▁grow ▁around ▁them . ▁K oll itz ▁also ▁operated ▁the ▁ 1 5 - room ▁Est her wood ▁Hotel ▁for ▁a ▁time , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 .