Then make sure to visit at least these two plantation homes: Oak Alley and the Whitney. Oak Alley is the famous one; the one with a tunnel of trees along the driveway and a feature in a Beyoncé video. Then there is the Whitney, a place with haunting statues of enslaved children....
Brooke and was thereafter unsuccessful in attempts to reclaim his plantation, having lost his rights to it in 1821 with the Transcontinental Treaty, by which Spain ceded East Florida to the United States. (See the story of Levi Coller, Dr. Robert Jackson and Hyde Park.) FORT BROOKE COMPLETED...
James Plantation Marina just before sundown. The homes along the harbor are beautiful. St. James Plantation Marina The Big Jim and Wende let us use their truck to reprovision which was perfect as it was the day before Thanksgiving and we needed TURKEY!Later that night Jim & Wende took us...
Also, given my penchant for historic homes, I found the Historic Annapolis Foundation and got set up with a docent-led tour of the home of William Paca, three-time Maryland Governor, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and everything else that needed signing in those days. Our t...
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The remonstrance was disregarded, and they departed for their homes respectively. Up to this time, the knowledge of Fisher’s mysterious disappearance had spread very little beyond the few boarders at Myers’, and excited no considerable interest. After the lapse of three or four days, Henry ...
She was born on the Snow Creek Plantation. Mildred’s mother, Mary Catlett, also opens up another whole new lineage to explore! It seems the James’, Taliaferro’s and Catlett families were intertwined in many ways and generations! Mildred’s husband, Samuel James, was the son of Capt. ...
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