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Fall in St. Francisville
FALL IS COLORFUL AND FILLED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA
By Anne Butler
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P.T. Barnum's Visit
Barnum’s traveling company performed from Nashville where they visited General Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage, on down through Vicksburg where ...
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White Linen Night
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 23. The evening promises to put a little sizzle...
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The True Democrat
More than a century covering the news in a historic little Louisiana river town ...
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Garden Symposium
Celebrating the 20th year, the Southern Garden Symposium will surely be the event of 2008. ...
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LIVING HISTORY REALLY LIVES AT OAKLEY PLANTATION NEAR ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA
by Anne Butler
Many restored historic sites glibly promise to make history come alive for visitors, but that feat is easier said than done. One property that does indeed fulfill its promise, with both style and accuracy, is Oakley Plantation in the Audubon State Historic Site just south of St. Francisville, LA. That it can do so, and do it so well, is a testament to the stubborn endurance of the site itself as well as to the present-day stewards’ acute awareness of history.
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MURDER MOST FOUL IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA
by Anne Butler
Mayhem, mystery, murder---what is it about misfortune we find so intriguing? Whatever it is, Louisiana’s historic plantations, with morning mists swirling through the live oaks and breezes stirring the Spanish moss, provide the perfect setting for such scenarios. Think of River Road’s Ormond Plantation whose 1790s owner was summoned from the dinner table by a caller dressed as a Spanish official, never to be seen again, and whose subsequent owner was hung from an oak on the front lawn. And among the six historic plantations open for daily tours in St. Francisville, there is The Myrtles, which capitalizes wonderfully on its own woeful past. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 December 2009 )
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HISTORIC ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA, CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS
by Anne Butler
Christmas in St. Francisville, historically the commercial center of surrounding English Louisiana cotton plantations, was always a magical time. In the 19th century, country folks from miles around would pile into wagons to do their weekly shopping in the little town’s dry-goods emporiums that offered everything from buggies to coffins, gents’ fine furnishings and ladies’ millinery. And at Christmas time, tiny tots would press their noses against frosted storefront windows to gaze with wishful longing at elegant china dolls and wooden rocking horses. It’s still that way today.
Its location atop bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River brought St. Francisville its earliest settlers, and residents have rejoiced in its fortuitous location ever since. The historic little rivertown’s Christmas in the Country celebration on December 4, 5 and 6, pays tribute to its heritage and showcases its continuing vitality as the center of culture and commerce for the entire surrounding region. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 December 2009 )
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