notes from maggie's farm
The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful as a dreamland, nothing worldly about it . . . nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon.
— Mark Twain (Life on the Mississippi)![]() |
Oak Alley Plantation |
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Laura Plantation |
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Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
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San Francisco Plantation |
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The American Queen |





