old plantion home gone with the wind by jocko500
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Here you just see the columes of a old plantion home that is on River Road. My son lives close to the road and I heard about it so we took off down the road and just went 10 miles down the road and we had saw this but did not stop but we did stop on the way back. Got a few shots of things down this road. It do go down Between Baton Rouge and New Orlears so if you like to take the old roads and not the interstates this is the road to take. I heard about it but did not drive down it at all. I now know how to get to the road and will drive to New Orleans. It easy to get to it. just get off the exit by the bridge that cross the Mississi River and go to the casico there and the road by the level is the road to take south to New Orleans.
I heard there was a lot of old plantion homes on the way but my son say just by New Orleans he saw just a few. Mostly country farms and cows. I still going to go down the road. Maybe the plantions homes is to the north of Baton Rouge??? I look into that
Comments (49)
carlx
Great capture and mood, Jock!!!
Pierrot_Lunaire
Very nice capture!!
daggerwilldo
Wow, Jocko, this is a fine capture. In its ruin it almost takes on a ancient druid look to it. Really a lovely capture
Miska7
Very nice scene! Great capture!
CarolSassy
Bummer that the house was destroyed. Excellent shot! (:
emmecielle
Splendid shot! :)
sandra46
wonderful capture, Tara was a fav of mine in the novel!
mermaid
a wonderful and moody shot, Jocko, love it!
flavia49
fabulous image!
Richardphotos
excellent landscape
moochagoo
Great atmosphere !I like it !
danapommet
Fantastic title my friend. I’m thinking about some of those mansions that I saw in Savannah so I can see, in my mind, what this looked like when it was a whole building. Dana
TwoPynts
I love these old places. You really need to visit Cumberland Island's ruins.
jocko500
Cottage Plantation? LOUISiana Digital Library : Item Viewer http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cd...&CISOBOX1=1960. just find out about the name from a diff site i posted asking questions
jocko500
http://www.city-data.com/forum/baton-rouge/1051109-what-old-house-use-river-road.html this is the tread i posted there to find the imformation
rocserum
wonderful result and great historical info! RS
three_grrr
very excellent shot .. the second one of this IMHO is better, it has that haze rising .. so cool
kasalin
Very beautiful and peaceful, great shot !!!!!!!!!!!
sun4renderosity
http://www.city-data.com/forum/baton-rouge/1051109-what-old-house-use-river-road.html Originally Posted by SacalaitWhisperer Cottage Plantation? LOUISiana Digital Library : Item Viewer LOUISiana Digital Library : Search Results. Cottage Plantation was an old plantation that lasted until the 20th century in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The ruins can be found on River Road, about 6 miles south of Baton Rouge. This area is known as Duncan’s Point, a promontory that goes out into the Mississippi River. The first owner of this land built a small cottage there for the summer. In the year 1825, Abner Duncan purchased a large amount of the land there from Armand Duplantier. He built a huge manor house after this named Cottage Plantation. Soon after, he gave the estate to his daughter Frances and her husband Frederick. The couple would then go on to make the plantation one of the most successful sugar plantations in the area. One day, a man named Angus Holt showed up at the porch asking for food and a place to sleep. He was invited in by the Conrad’s because something about him seemed intriguing. He then became the personal secretary of Frederick. During the Civil War, Union riverboats fired at the plantation. Frederick and Holt were taken as prisoners during the war, and Fredrick died before the war ended. When Angus was released following the war, he returned back to the plantation to find most of the Conrad family either dead or scattered. As a tribute to the family, he undertook the responsibility of manager for the plantation. This was a position Holt kept until 1880, well, as a human being that is. His ghost has seemed to never stop working for the Conrad family, as his apparition has been seen walking in the hallways of the manor house. In 1960, the plantation was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. As people look at the ruins, the ghost of Angus Holt may be seen walking through them. There are other ghosts that are experienced at Cottage Plantation. The steamboat Princess exploded in the Mississippi as it was headed towards New Orleans in the 1800s. Seventy people were killed in the blast and about 100 others swam to shores by the plantation. White sheets were brought out to the lawn covered in flour in order to help save the burn victims. Despite this and doctors rushing to the scene, nearly everyone died on the lawn. To this day, the sight of white powder rise into the air on any given night. This is also accompanied with bloody sheets, giving a memorial to all those who died in the tragedy.