St. Francisville, Louisiana: Plantations & Cotton
Want to visit the best small towns in America? Take a one-minute tour of St. Francisville, Louisiana, home to some of the best southern plantations in the country in this installment of Our Town.
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The Plantation Owners of Louisiana | TRACKS
Meet this 7th generation plantation owner in Louisiana, still inhabiting and preserving the impressive mansion completely with 18th-century furniture and decorations.
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Plantation Country
Plantation Country is perhaps the best place to truly understand Louisiana's past and present. Explore the capital of Baton Rouge. Home to Louisiana State University, the city boasts great sports as well as family-friendly museums and topnotch shopping and dining. Follow the Mississippi River along famous River Road to explore antebellum sugar plantations to learn about the state's early agricultural history.
Fort Jesup
ort Jesup State Historic Site is located off LA 6 at 32 Geoghagan Road, six miles east of Many in Sabine Parish.
Originally called Cantonment Jesup, the site was selected by Zachary Taylor in 1822 and the fort existed for 26 years as one of the strongest garrisons in Louisiana.
Located on the historic San Antonio Road, the fort was once a large complex of 82 structures. Four companies of the Seventh U.S. Infantry made up the first garrison of Fort Jesup; there were 141 officers and men.
This site features the original kitchen/mess building and a reconstructed officers' quarters that houses visitor information, a gift shop, interpretive exhibits and restrooms. Facilities also include a museum and picnic area. Guided tours and frontier skills demonstrations are offered daily. In 1961, Fort Jesup SHS was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Admission: $2/person; free for Seniors (62 and over) and children 12 and under.
Hours of Operation: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Contact Information: 32 Geoghagan Rd., Many, LA 71449
318-256-4117 or 888-677-5378
Chretien Point Plantation Visit
This was a trip Mom made while travelling from Mississippi. This plantation is just north of Lafayette, Louisiana secluded on the banks of the Bayou Bourbeaux.
Exploring Louisiana’s Culture: Shreveport’s Byways and Historic Spots
Experience the historic sights and the outdoor beauty of Shreveport, Louisiana along the Boom or Bust Byway.
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A Historic Look at Jackson, Louisiana
A Short look at Jackson, Louisiana and a few breif facts about the town
Ormond Plantation
Ormond Plantation has survived into the early 21st Century with its unique character and sometimes tragic history. In the early 1780's, Pierre D'Trepagnier was awarded a tract of land by the Spanish Governor Don Bernanrdo deGalvez. The Main building was completed shortly before 1790, the plantation home to indigo and then to sugar cane. The house is built in the Louisiana Colonial style for plantations, which is modeled after the great sugar plantations of the West Indies. The two wings or garconnieres which give Ormond it's distinctive look, are taller than the main building and of a design possibly from an Atlantic Seaboard influence. The home was often the scene for entertaining officials of the Louisiana and Spanish Governments.
In 1805, Colonel Richard Butler bought the plantation home from Mrs. D'Trepagnier. Butler had served in the U.S. Army and had fallen in love with the South. He named his new home Ormond, after his ancestral home, the Castle Ormonde in Ireland.
Like many other plantations of the South, Ormond fell on hard times following the War Between the States. It changed hands twice before being sold at public auction in 1874, and again in 1875. Ormond was bought on December 1, 1898, by State Senator Basile LaPlace, Jr., son of the famous New Orleans pharmacist and land owner after whom the town of LaPlace is named. LaPlace met with an ugly death. Ormond then passed from LaPlace's widow to his mother and then to the Schexnayder family, all during the year 1900.The Shexnayders held the property until 1926 when they turned it over to the Inter-Credit Corporation. The story of Ormond becomes hazy in the late 1920's and through the 30's. It seems that a number of tenants occupied the house and land. Reports tell of the crumbling walls and ceilings, the sagging porch, and the general deterioration of the house. Fortunately for us, it was not too late to salvage Ormond. Thanks to its great original construction, it was able to be restored and renovated by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brown, owners of the Brown's Velvet Dairy in New Orleans. The Browns' family added modern conveniences, such as indoor plumbing, gas and electricity.
Ormond is presently under the ownership and care of the Carmouche family who continues the work of restoring Ormond today. Ormond is open to the public for tours, weddings, lunch, meetings, and various other private events year-round, as well as a quiet bed and breakfast stay.
Ormond Plantation
13786 River Road
Destrehan, LA 70047
985-764-8544
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Plantation Days
Old National Archive footage from an agriculture propaganda film displaying the benifits of the cotton crop and festival.
Generally pretty boring until this sequence pops up.
I have gotten a few requests looking for the full version of this video. I do not know where to get this video in full. I do know that this was obtained through the U.S. National Archives, making it Public Domain footage. Otherwise, I cannot help anyone. Search your local NARA database is the only tip I can give, or drop a line to the Department of Agriculture.
Note: I did not edit the sound or the main sequence together, I simply brought the title sequence in to the clip to accentuate the topic.
15 Cool and Unusual Places to Visit in Louisiana
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15 Cool and Unusual Places to Visit in Louisiana
Jackson Blue Spring - Marianna, Florida
Jackson Blue Spring (also called Blue Springs) is the only first magnitude spring not only in the Chipola River Basin, but in the entire larger Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin. It is also the first stop on Jackson County Spanish Heritage Trail, a unique 150 mile driving tour through Jackson County, Florida.
Nightmare in the Attic at Rock Hall
Rock Hall Museum
199 Broadway, Lawrence
(516) 239-1157
Free General Admission Wednesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: 12-4 p.m.
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places
A New York State Revolutionary War Trail Site
One of the finest pre-Revolutionary War homes on Long Island, Rock Hall was built in 1767 for Josiah Martin, a wealthy West Indian plantation owner. The Georgian-style home belonged to two of the area's most famous families, the Martins and Hewletts. In 1948, the Hewlett family deeded Rock Hall to the Town of Hempstead. After an extensive restoration, it opened as a museum in 1953. Today, Rock Hall is affiliated with the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA).
The museum offers a guided tour, programs of historic interest, special lectures and an educational program for students. Be sure to visit the museum's cellar. The Warming Kitchen, Cold Storage Room and Wine Cellar offer fascinating views of the rarely seen working areas in an 18th-century plantation-style home. Also located in the cellar is the museum's ongoing Archaeology Exhibit Room. There you will see a display of 18th- and 19th-century artifacts that continue to be uncovered during excavations at Rock Hall.
Visit the Museum Gift Shop for great gifts. Open during museum hours.
Cottage Plantation
Cottage Plantation where we stayed a couple of nights on our trip. Very comfortable and friendly!
СШФ Каналы ВЕНИС! КАЛИФОРНИЯ!!! / LA, Venice Canals Walkway
Walking along Venice Canals Walkaway
Mystery on the Lake Bottom (Part 1)
Who built a mysterious stone structure that now rests on the bottom of Lake Seminole in Georgia? Two Egg TV sets out on a 3-part adventure to find and explain Jackson's Oven! Be sure to watch Part 2 here:
Marshall Sugar Plantation
Title: MARSHALL PLANTATION SITE
Location:
County: Marion
City: Ocala
Description: A short distance north of here stood the sugar plantation of Jehu Foster Marshall, established in 1855. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, Marshall was named a colonel in the Confederate Army and soon commanded one of General Wade Hamptons infantry units, the 1stSouth Carolina Rifles. Colonel Marshall was killed during the Second Battle of Manassas in August 1862. The plantation continued in operation under the supervision of his widow, Elizabeth Anne DeBrull Marshall, until March 10, 1865, when Union troops staged a surprise raid. The Marshall Plantation and the sugar mill were burned to the ground. The raid was conducted by elements of the 3rdUnited States Colored Infantry ,led by the black Sergeant Major Henry James. The Ocala Home Guard pursued the Union force and during the running battle, two of the home guard members were killed. After crossing the Ocklawaha River, the raiders set fire to the bridge. Company H, 2nd Florida Cavalry, lead by Captain J.J. Dickison, encamped at nearby Silver Springs, soon gave chase and succeeded in driving the Union troops into St. Augustine, and reclaiming all property seized during the raid.
Sponsors: MARION COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The house has been rebuilt and is located about 5 miles from the main road. It is privately owned by one of General Marshall's descendents so no one is allowed on the property unless invited
Kansas City to Baton Rouge, Louisiana by Philip H. Elwood, 1931 part 2
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip Elwood takes students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States. The first stop is Kansas City where they visit the War Memorial, the country club section where they see stone houses in the old section, small parks at street intersections designed by Hare and Hare, private homes, gardens, and a swimming pool with bath house also designed by Hare and Hare, a small swimming pool in a park and neighborhood shops in an attractive setting.
From there they traveled to Hot Springs National Park and the Ozarks in Arkansas and then to Natchez, Mississippi where they see the old rear wheel riverboat Tennessee Belle unloading flour sacks. In Natchez they also view old homes and gardens, crepe myrtle in bloom on lower slopes along the river and along streets, the old plantation home Brandon, and typical sunken roadways nearby.
From there it is on to Uncle Sam's Ranch near New Orleans, Audubon Park with its great swimming pool, the towers of Tulane University, and the great live oaks. In New Orleans they also visit Audubon Place, cross the Mississippi by boat, and see shipping board craft abandoned after the war.
They then travel to Oak Lawn Garden near Franklin; Shadows on the Teche, home of the painter Weeks Hall; visit the Aviary Island bird sanctuary and the home of the owner; the old plantation manor house in St. Francesville,Rose Dawn with it's French treillage garden house and entrance gateway; the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge; and, construction of the new state house.
FRENCH QUARTER HISTORY, architecture, balconies & SPAIN'S building CODE
THE FRENCH QUARTER CHANGED AFTER THE FIRES OF 1788 & 1794. THE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE OF BUILDING HOUSES SURROUNDED BY A GARDEN, TREES, FLOWERS and chickens running around had CHANGED. SPAIN HAD A VERY STRICT BUILDING CODE: BUILDINGS HAD TO GO VERTICAL, THEY HAD TO BE CLOSE TO THE CURB, THEY HAD TO SHARE A WALL TO CREATE A FIREWALL, THEY HAD TO BE BUILT OF RED BRICK, THEY HAD TO BE PAINTED WITH STUCCO, & PAINTED IN PASTEL COLORS.
THANKS TO SPAIN'S STRICT BUILDING CODE, THE FRENCH QUARTER EXISTS THE WAY IT IS...AND THE WAY SPAIN BUILT IT!I
Museum of Appalachia
This video is about the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, TN.
The Clinton Presidential Center and Park, Little Rock, AR
Beautiful park around the Presidential library of Bill Clinton, Little Rock, Arkansas. May 2012