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New-Orleans-Plantation-Country.Pdf VISITOR GUIDE Along the winding, picturesque Great River Road between New Orleans and Baton Houmas House Plantation & Gardens boasts 38 acres of lavish gardens. Rouge, an unforgettable journey back in time awaits you. Here you will find nine majestic, historic plantation homes for you to discover. Plan your visit These lavish estates offer you a unique look into the past and a chance to witness history. Perhaps you’ll see the slave cabins at Laura: A Welcome and History Creole Plantation, one of several plantations 2 How To Get Here in the area where the world-famous “Tales 3 of Br’er Rabbit” were first recorded. Maybe Getting To Know Us you’ll visit Oak Alley Plantation with its 4 Weddings/Meetings & Groups HERE, like nowhere else, alley of 300-year-old oak trees. And you’re 6 bound to hear a chilling ghost story or two PRESENT. Itineraries the past is along the way. Wherever your journey takes 7 Calendar you, storytellers will captivate you with 8 tales of opulence and tragedy, and you’ll be Plantations fascinated by characters, craftsmen and tour 10 guides in period dress. 12 Activities Dining It’s all waiting for you here. Take the journey 14 of a lifetime and experience the beauty Accommodations River Parishes Tourist Commission 18 and grandeur of New Orleans Plantation Area Map 2900 Highway 51 • LaPlace, LA 70068 Country – where the past is present. 22 NewOrleansPlantationCountry.com 866.204.7782 © 2012 History HOW TO GET HERE Crawfish boils are held throughout the spring. The roots of New Orleans Plantation Country were planted in 1718 with the Atlanta, GA • 495 miles • 7 hr, 30 min S ES founding of New Orleans. Food was vital for the new colony, which soon resulted in T Louis Armstrong New Orleans farms being consigned in what is now known as plantation country. Over the next Baton Rouge, LA • 50 miles • 45 min R International Airport PO TANC R 900 Airline Dr. • Kenner, LA 70062 150 years, numerous farms were worked by Germans, Acadians (Cajuns), French, S I Biloxi, MS • 115 miles • 2 hr AI Spanish, Indians and enslaved Africans, and the vital link between New Orleans and D GPS Coordinates: 29.98301, -90.25992 New Orleans Plantation Country was established. Birmingham, AL • 365 miles • 5 hr, 45 min 504.303.7500 • flymsy.com Laura: A Creole Plantation features a French- Most homes were modest at first, but as the planters’ IVING Dallas, TX • 500 miles • 7 hr, 45 min style formal garden. wealth grew these were often replaced by opulent DR Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport 9430 Jackie Cochran Dr. plantation homes. Houston, TX • 325 miles • 5 hr Baton Rouge, LA 70807 Many of our plantations have been lost over the Jackson, MS • 165 miles • 2 hr, 30 min GPS Coordinates: 30.53276, -91.15814 years, which is why it is so important that the 225.355.0333 • flybtr.com Jacksonville, FL • 570 miles • 9 hr WELCOME area’s remaining history be preserved and shared. Welcoming the public into these homes and passing San Francisco Plantation Little Rock, AR • 420 miles • 8 hr FOOD FESTIVAL circa 1870. St. Charles Parish Tourist to Plantation Country along the stories of the past, helps link the past to the ERS Memphis, TN • 375 miles • 5 hr, 45 min Information Center present and future, preserving our rich heritage. NT FANATICS E 13825 River Rd. • Luling, LA 70070 Mobile, AL • 170 miles • 2 hr, 45 min C GPS Coordinates: 29.93793, -90.37635 Of the many festivals held HOW TO SAY IT Nashville, TN: 560 miles • 8 hr, 45 min RS 985.783.5145 throughout the year in Plantation Country has always been known ITO S plantation country, some of for its hospitality, but it’s a little known In Louisiana, we have unique ways of expressing our ourselves. A few terms are New Orleans • 30 miles • 30 min VI St. James Welcome Center the most popular are food fact that pineapples have long been a listed below to get you started. For a more complete listing, visit our website at Pensacola, FL • 225 miles • 3 hr, 30 min 1094 N. Airline Ave. • Gramercy, LA 70052 symbol of hospitality in plantation country. NewOrleansPlantationCountry.com/about. GPS Coordinates: 30.07363, -90.68386 festivals. Small wonder, Shreveport, LA • 320 miles • 5 hr, 30 min 225.869.1717 considering the amazing Plantation families had a rich tradition of Andouille (ahn-do-ee) Étouffée (ay-too-fay) entertaining guests and treating them with A spicy country sausage used in gumbo A spicy Cajun stew of vegetables and cuisine you’ll find here. Local great generosity. and other Cajun dishes. seafood, usually prepared with crawfish food festivals include the or shrimp and served over rice. Bayou (bi-yoo) Louisiana Catfish Festival in FOLLOW US Des Allemands ( July); the A sluggish stream that meanders Gumbo (gum-boe) The pineapple was an exotic, expensive fruit, Get the latest information! Alligator Festival in Luling but if you were a guest here in their home, through lowlands, marshes, or plantation A thick, robust roux-based soup grounds. sometimes thickened with okra or filé. (September); the Andouille you would probably receive a pineapple Facebook.com/ Twitter.com/ There are thousands of variations, such NOLAPlantations NOLAPlantations Festival in LaPlace (October); on the day you arrived. However, if you Cajun (cay-jun) as shrimp or seafood gumbo, chicken or overstayed your welcome, you might wake Descendants of Acadians, the French- duck gumbo, okra and filé gumbo. FREE Flickr.com/ YouTube.com/ and the Battle for the Paddle speaking people who migrated to South NOLAPlantations NOLAPlantations Cook-off in Luling (October). up one morning to find another pineapple Jambalaya (jum-bo-lie-yah) DOWNLOAD! at the foot of your bed. This was your Louisiana in the eighteenth century from SPRING 2012. Bon appetit! hosts’ polite way of saying that it was time what is now Nova Scotia. A rice dish prepared with any combination Contact US of beef, pork, fowl, sausage, or seafood, as for you to take your pineapple Creole (cree-ol) well as celery, onions, peppers and often Visit NewOrleansPlantationCountry. The River Parishes Tourist Commission, elsewhere. This link to the Several definitions exist: a Creole is tomatoes. com/welcome-mobile or download representing St. Charles, St. James and St. John pineapple remains, and you’ll a person descended from French or our free app for smartphones. Lagniappe (lan-yap) Find information, video tours and Parishes, is the official marketing organization find the pineapple often Spanish settlers or a person of mixed for New Orleans Plantation Country. Feel European and African blood. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. GPS mapping tools to enhance used as a theme for home your experience in New Orleans free to contact us for more information about architecture, decorating Plantation Country. travel to the area or if you need any assistance. and serving pieces. And, We’re looking forward to seeing you! we promise a warm, River Parishes Tourist Commission hospitable welcome, Find seasonal information for your visit 2900 Highway 51 • LaPlace, LA 70068 even if we don’t hand Scan this code with your smartphone. Jambalaya made with savory 985.359.2562 • 985.359.2595 Fax Andouille sausage. out pineapples when [email protected] you arrive. 2 3 866.204.7782 • NewOrleansPlantationCountry.com SHOPPING THe WAR Finding a unique gift or that locally-made treasure is a must before you leave New BeTWeeN THe STATeS Orleans Plantation Country. Our plantations boast extraordinary gift shops for New Orleans Plantation mementos from your visit. Many also feature a wide variety Country is a treasure trove of of handmade finds from coffees and Cajun mixes to art and Civil War history. With artifacts, collectibles. Home décor, cookbooks and documents, reenactments and battlesites, there is no better place even clothing are also popular offerings. The to witness the history of the War area is also home to a number of boutiques, Between the States. You will find specialty and antiques shops where you will numerous plantations that survived happily browse in search of that special and hear the stories of soldiers, something to complete your trip. Please slaves and everyday people who visit our activities section online for a took part in this historic tragedy. list of shops and more details. FTROM Fat UeSDAY Area plantations have served as the to ASH WeDNeSDAY backdrop for many films. BONFIReS ON THe LeVee You can experience Mardi Gras (literally “Fat Tuesday”) revelry, from the elaborate The holiday season brings to light We’re readY FOR parades in New Orleans to smaller, family- one of the oldest holiday traditions Hands-on demonstrations at Destrehan Plantation. friendly celebrations throughout our area. in the United States - Christmas OUR CLOSE-UP A special ring-shaped pastry decorated Eve bonfires. Held all along the Mississippi River levees since the With a variety of settings that with purple, green and gold sugar, known The Colonel at Oak Alley Plantation. 1720s, these bonfires line the river for are uniquely Louisiana and a rich CRAFTY OLD Plantations as a King Cake, is often the centerpiece miles and attract thousands of visitors palette of scenic locations that of Mardi Gras parties. Mardi Gras begins In days gone by, various crafts were a means for plantations to be to the towns of Reserve, Garyville, can play for nearly anywhere, on the Epiphany, celebrating the arrival of LOUISIANA BICeNTeNNIAL Gramercy, Lutcher and Paulina. The filmmakers love shooting their self-sufficient. Quilting, carving, blacksmithing, indigo dyeing, candle the three kings at Jesus’ birthplace. A small, CeLebrate WITH US plastic baby, representing the Christ child, first European settlers brought the productions in Louisiana almost as making, doll making, herbal remedies, open-hearth cooking and As we celebrate our 200th year is hidden inside the cake.
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