St. Francisville, La. Jan-Feb 2012 Press Release

If you have trouble viewing the newsletter below, go to http://www.stfrancisville.us/info-sources/friends-of-st-francisville     Plantation Country Romance: February in St. Francisville is for Lovers By Anne Butler When Martha Barrow of Highland Plantation returned to the St. Francisville area after completing her education at Madame Legoin's fashionable educational institute in Philadelphia, she was 18 and in the sweet bloom of youth. She quickly caught the eye of handsome planter Daniel Turnbull, ten years her senior. Writing of the relationship some years hence, one of their granddaughters would say, "A mutual romance immediately commenced, little Cupid cast his darts and their hearts that instant caught the sunshine they through life had sought." They were joined in matrimony in 1828 and their descendants for generations would occupy their magnificent home called Rosedown, now a state historic site where the wedding of the Turnbull's daughter Sarah is regularly reenacted. Full Article Early Travels to St. Francisville, LA, Led to Some Lurid Descriptions by Anne Butler The four-laning of US Highway 61 and the new Mississippi River Bridge make it easy to reach St. Francisville these days, but in the 19th century, travels to this picturesque little Mississippi River village were fraught with perils and gave rise to some spectacularly gruesome newspaper dispatches. In February, as the West Feliciana Historical Society museum, on Ferdinand St. in St. Francisville, hosts the travelling Smithsonian Institute exhibit called Journey Stories, the focus is on who we are and how we got here. St. Francisville and its now-vanished sister city Bayou Sara beneath the bluffs have got some fascinating tales to tell in this regard. Full Article Previous Articles by Anne Butler... ST. FRANCISVILLE'S CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY, by Anne Butler   Full Artilce SMITHSONIAN SHOW IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, by Anne Butler    Full Article FALL IS WELCOMED WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA by Anne Butler Full Artilce UNIQUE WILDLIFE REFUGE IN ST. FRANCISVILLE AREA by Anne Butler Full Article ST. FRANCISVILLE AREA'S FABULOUS HISTORIC FURNISHINGS BEING INVENTORIED by Anne Butler Full Article ST. FRANCISVILLE NOTED FOR ITS UNIQUE CULINARY HISTORY by Anne Butler Full Article Above articles are available for press/promotional use only. High resolution photographs to accompany these articles are available by request. Contact Patrick Walsh by EMAIL or calling (800) 488-6502 Blue Goose Media

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