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Houmas House - More than a Plantation

Houmas House sits gracefully along a bend of the Mississippi River, on land once inhabited by the Houmas Indians. Over ...
You could look at the region as a kind of riverside factory zone, an agricultural machine growing sugar cane in loamy fields, then grinding it up, processing the lot and moving product down the ...
Nottoway Plantation, a historic landmark in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, was destroyed by a fire. Firefighters worked for over 18 hours to extinguish the blaze, which started in the attic. The cause ...
A blaze has destroyed one of the most well-known plantations in the nation, which once enslaved over 100 people. Video Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana, the largest Antebellum mansion in ...
"The magic of the old houses of Louisiana"--Jacket. Text on verso facing each photograph. Trepagnier House, St. Charles Parish -- Ormond Plantation, St. Charles Parish -- Parlange Plantation, Pointe ...
WHITE CASTLE, La. — Flames ripped through a massive mansion in Louisiana, destroying much of the historic structure that was used as a plantation house when it was completed in 1859, authorities said.
WHITE CASTLE, La. (Louisiana First) — Flames ripped through the Nottoway Plantation House Thursday evening, destroying the largest standing antebellum mansion in the United States. The 160-year-old ...