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Pink Spoonbill
January 2, 2014

Laura Plantation, LA

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We arrived at the Laura Plantation after the last tour for the day began so we were unable to go in. I went into the gift shop and watched a video on the history of the plantation. The Laura Plantation is a restored Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The original mansion was completed in 1805 by Guillaume Duparc, a naval veteran of the American Revolution. He expanded the sugarcane plantation is over 12,000 acres but died in 1808. The Duparc daughter, Elizabeth, married into the Locoul family and generations later, Laura Locoul Gore inherited the plantation. She was born in 1861 and ran the sugar business until 1891. An interesting note about the plantation was the majority of the 175 slaves were from Senegal. The Brer Rabbit and Br'er Fox tales are variations on traditional stories from Senegal. The lady on the brochure is Desiree Locoul. Isn't she beautiful? The lady dressed up like Mephistopheles, the devil in the Faust opera, is Laura herself. She was dressed up for Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1886. The main house is lower left and the overseer cottage is lower right. It was a disappointment not to go in completely but it gave us an excuse to come back!

For the scraps (black) and hoarders (lace and pearl brads) challenge.

Additional products:

Recollections: Regent Street pad
Colorbok: Homespun and Black pad
Celebrate It Lace Ribbon (inked)
Paper flowers
Pearl brads



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