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Consider this your invitation to enjoy all that West Feliciana Parish and Town of St. Francisville, Louisiana have to offer you and your family. Experience our southern hospitality as you explore our quaint small town, enjoy our fantastic shopping, admire our breathtaking scenery, and so much more! Whether you're coming for history, shopping or the outdoors, you'll find what you're looking for
in West Feliciana Parish.
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Happenings - What's Going On This Week & Next
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What's happening this week & near future in St. Francisville, Louisiana.
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Here’s to You, Joe! Last week when I was congratulating all of the Winners and Best of the Rest voted by the Country Roads Readers, I left off Favorite Artist – Best of the Rest, Joe Savell of Backwoods Gallery. Sorry about that, Joe, but hope this makes up for it! Kudos! Congratulations to Audubon State Historic Site/Oakley House and Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site on being named two of the newest sites to Louisiana’s African American Heritage Trails. Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu announced Tuesday the addition of seven new sites to the trail, a series of places and attractions significant to African American history and culture in Louisiana. Other newly added sites are: Centenary State Historic Site in Jackson, Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville, Winter Quarters State Historic Site in Newellton, Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville and Fort Pike State Historic Site in New Orleans. Louisiana promotes the African American Heritage Trail through advertising and public relations as well. To learn more about Louisiana's African American Heritage Trail, visit www.AStoryLikeNoOther.com. The Carriage House Don’t forget that The Carriage House has All U Can Eat Fried Catfish every MONDAY night for only $14.99; and All U Can Eat Fried Jumbo Shrimp every WEDNESDAY night for just $16.99. The Carriage House Restaurant is located on the...
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LIVING HISTORY REALLY LIVES AT OAKLEY PLANTATION NEAR ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA
by Anne Butler
 Many restored historic sites glibly promise to make history come alive for visitors, but that feat is easier said than done. One property that does indeed fulfill its promise, with both style and accuracy, is Oakley Plantation in the Audubon State Historic Site just south of St. Francisville, LA. That it can do so, and do it so well, is a testament to the stubborn endurance of the site itself as well as to the present-day stewards’ acute awareness of history.
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MURDER MOST FOUL IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA
by Anne Butler
 Mayhem, mystery, murder---what is it about misfortune we find so intriguing? Whatever it is, Louisiana’s historic plantations, with morning mists swirling through the live oaks and breezes stirring the Spanish moss, provide the perfect setting for such scenarios. Think of River Road’s Ormond Plantation whose 1790s owner was summoned from the dinner table by a caller dressed as a Spanish official, never to be seen again, and whose subsequent owner was hung from an oak on the front lawn. And among the six historic plantations open for daily tours in St. Francisville, there is The Myrtles, which capitalizes wonderfully on its own woeful past. |
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