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An American Actor's Dream Plantation: From Bob Acres Plantation to Rip Van Winkle House and Gardens

By Anne-Marie Stokes
In 1869, American actor Joseph Jefferson purchased “Orange Island,” as it was known at the time of the purchase, which sat atop a salt dome on Lake Peigneur to use as his winter home and hunting…

Beneath the Oaks, Amidst the Cane: From Oasis Plantation to Episcopal School of Acadiana

By Anne-Marie Stokes
Episcopal School of Acadiana resides on the beautiful mid-nineteenth century sugar plantation, Oasis Plantation, sitting along side the sugar cane and underneath the enormous oak trees covering the…

An Old Plantation Meant for a Queen
: From Rose Hill Plantation to Queen's Ranch

By Anne-Marie Stokes
From an antebellum plantation in the mid nineteenth century to a small family farm in the early twenty-first century, the old Rose Hill Plantation in now the beautiful Queen's Ranch.

The Resurrection of Darby Plantation: Darby Plantation is Reborn into a Beautiful Golf Club Community Development

By Rusty Chastant
One of the majestic gems that once graced the Spanish Lake area of New Iberia, Darby Plantation was built in 1813 by Louis St. Marc Darby and was an excellent example of the rural Louisiana colonial…

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