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  Magnolia Plantation Hotel - Check Deals at all Gulfport Hotels
The Magnolia Plantation is one of our most famous Gulfport Hotels and it offers avery romantic setting.
The Magnolia Plantation hotel is sheltered among the woodlands, lakes and fountains of the beautiful estate, and just 7 miles from the fantastic white sand beaches of the Gulf.
The Magnolia Plantation is located five miles from the Biloxi Gulfport Regional Airport in Mississippi.
www.biloxihotels.us /magnolia-plantation-gulfport.htm   (346 words)

  
  Magnolia Plantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnolia Plantation, located 13 miles (21 km) north of Charleston, South Carolina was founded in 1676 on the Ashley River and is one of the oldest plantations in the south.
Originally a rice plantation, Magnolia became known for its gardens after the Reverend John Grimke Drayton inherited the property in the 1840s.
Today, Magnolia Plantation is a thriving tourist attraction with a restored plantation house, slave cabins and a slavery history tour, a nature train, a marsh boat tour, a wildlife area, a petting zoo and, of course, seventy acres (28 ha) of gardens.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnolia_Plantation   (367 words)

  
 NPS Archeology Program: Ethnography of Magnolia Plantation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although families maintained a stable residence in Magnolia for generations, residence in the quarters and up the road was quite fluid between the 1930s-60s as residents shifted their domiciles between these two locales, and new residents moved in from other communities (see Table 1).
One widespread plantation practice was the use of Paris Green, a poisonous powder that combined sodium arsenite with copper sulphate and acetic acid.
Pecan picking at Magnolia was an unimportant source of income for the tenants and the plantation as well because, unlike the grafted trees at Melrose, Magnolia’s native pecan trees yielded small-sized nuts.
www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/pubs/studies/study04G.htm   (6209 words)

  
 Magnolia Mound Plantation House   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Located in Baton Rouge, Magnolia Mound Plantation stands as a fine example of the architectural influences of early settlers from France and the West Indies.
One of the earliest buildings in the city of Baton Rouge, the property was owned originally by James Hillen, an early settler who arrived in 1786.
Magnolia Mound Plantation House is located at 2161 Nicholson Dr. approximately one mile south from downtown Baton Rouge.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/louisiana/mag.htm   (325 words)

  
 Flower & Garden Magazine: Magnolia Plantation and Garden - South Carolina - Garden Destinations   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The plantation gardens, originally patterned in an elaborate symmetrical French style, are testament to the Draytons' desire to establish a sense of order and security in their rugged wilderness surroundings.
With serpentine walks, strolling peacocks, meandering lowland rivers and swamps and thickets of ancient trees, Magnolia Plantation was one of the first American gardens to emulate the picturesque style without sacrificing its distinctive regional character.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and the Audubon Swamp Garden are located 10 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, on Highway 61.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1082/is_n2_v39/ai_16855270   (1140 words)

  
 Magnolia Mound Plantation
Located in Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, BREC's Magnolia Mound Plantation is a rare survivor of the vernacular architecture influenced by early settlers from France and the West Indies.
Through educational programs, workshops, lectures, festivals, and other special events, Magnolia Mound's mission is to illustrate and interpret the lifestyle of the French Creoles who formed the fascinating culture which still influences and pervades life in southern Louisiana.
The plantation house, now surrounded by an urban setting, was once the center of a 900-acre operation with frontage on the Mississippi River.
www.brec.org /index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=659&cpid=387&cfmid=0&catid=0   (490 words)

  
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Plantation journals, account books, scrapbooks, and various types of financial and legal papers, chiefly documenting the operation of sugar plantations owned by members of the Shaffer family.
The plantation journals contain brief daily records of agricultural activities, business transactions, and personal events, 1825-1846 and 1876-1918 (with occasional gaps) at the Shaffer plantations, Crescent Farm, Magnolia, Anna, and Ardoyne, all in Terrebonne Parish, La. A diary of John Dalton Shaffer includes records of treatment of sick Italian workers in 1905.
The management of the Shaffer's sugar plantations is heavily documented, particularly Magnolia Plantation, for which John J. Shaffer kept annual plantation journals from 1876 to 1906.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/s/Shaffer,William_A.   (1368 words)

  
 Magnolia Plantation - Gulfport Mississippi Hotels - Hotels-Etc.com
This stately Mississippi plantation style mansion is at the very edge of where Mississippi's wooded hills slope to meet the coastal plains.
Magnolia Plantation is unlike any other hotel on the Gulf Coast.
Magnolia Plantation hotel is located on the left side.
hotel.hotels-etc.com /11275810O.html   (439 words)

  
 Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
Magnolia Plantation is 3 miles up Highway 61 on the right.
Watch for the "Historical Plantations and Gardens" signs and the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens signs.
Magnolia will be on your right and more signs will continue to appear as you get closer to the Plantation.
www.magnoliaplantation.com /plan_directions.html   (723 words)

  
 the history of magnolia plantation home
The park’s buildings include a flsmith shop, a plantation store, a former slave hospital that at various times also housed the owners (while the main house was being rebuilt) and the overseer, eight brick cabins, and a gin barn.
Magnolia’s eight duplex-style quarters are the remnants of a rare masonry slave village.
Baseball diamonds and bush racetracks at Magnolia and other area plantations were common ground for local groups, as was the plantation store.
www.caneriverheritage.org /main_file.php/crnhp.php/63   (375 words)

  
 Magnolia Plantation * Biloxi Casino Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Magnolia Plantation is a luxury hotel located five miles from the Biloxi- Gulfport Regional Airport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
This stately Mississippi plantation style mansion is at the very edge of where Mississippi's wooded hills slope to meet the coast plains.
Magnolia Plantation is located on the left-hand side.
www.hotels-casinos.com /biloxi/magnolia_plantation.shtml   (355 words)

  
 Magnolia Manor Plantation Bed and Breakfast
Magnolia Manor Plantation Bed and Breakfast is a recently restored 1855 Plantation Manor House in historic Warrenton, North Carolina.
Magnolia Manor Plantation Bed and Breakfast is located just 2 miles south of Warrenton, NC on Rt.
Magnolia Manor Plantation Bed and Breakfast serves the North Central Piedmont area of North Carolina.
www.agr.state.nc.us /NCproducts/ShowSite.asp?ID=2435   (207 words)

  
 Magnolia Plantation - Northwest Florida's Premiere Neighborhood
Magnolia Plantation at Bluewater Bay is one of Northwest Florida's premiere communities.
Magnolia Plantation is the perfect place to live.
There are also other Magnolia Plantation lots available in Mediterranean Village.
www.baywalk2.com /magnolia_plantation.html   (105 words)

  
 Discover South Carolina -   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This world-famous 300-year old plantation has been in the same family since the arrival of Thomas Drayton from Barbados in 1761.
Magnolia Plantation has long been associated with the Drayton family.
While its plantation house was destroyed, it is well known for its outstanding period gardens and has a famous antique collection.
www.discoversouthcarolina.com /whattodo/gardensdetail.asp?PID=864   (192 words)

  
 Magnolia Plantation - Arthur Rutenberg Homes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Magnolia Plantation is a well-mannered, master planned community carved from the rolling Wekiva River landscape in Seminole County.
There are over 100 custom homesites in Magnolia Plantation and they range in size from 1/3 acre to over 1 acre.
As its name implies, life in Magnolia Plantation reflects the comfort and serenity of another time.
www2.arhomes.com /community/?content=1&community_id=1199   (123 words)

  
 The Magnolia Plantation Bed & Breakfast Inn - Gainesville, Florida - Country Inns - FL - travel - lodging - Inns - ...
The Magnolia Plantation Bed and Breakfast Inn - Gainesville, Florida - Country Inns - FL - travel - lodging - Inns - A listing of bnblist.com
Magnolia Plantation Bed and Breakfast Inn is an 1885 French Second Empire Victorian home in Gainesville, Florida.
Breakfast is as casual as a cup of coffee (ready before 6 AM, it's on a timer) or by showing your smiling face to Cindy you can enjoy a full breakfast in 15 minutes.
www.bnblist.com /fl/magnolia-plantation   (372 words)

  
 Louisiana Plantations and Plantation Tours - 50 web sites
The plantation tours cover the historic 19th century plantation home, an auto museum, and the agricultural operation.
- This historic plantation house with French and Spanish colonial history is a house and a complex of period outbuildings depicting the story of plantation life 1795-1855.
Kent Plantation is one of the oldest standing plantations in Louisiana.
neworleanswebsites.com /cat/tr/to/pl/pl.html   (1528 words)

  
 National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Magnolia Plantation is significant in the history of American agriculture as one of the largest and most intact plantation complexes in the southern United States.
Considered in context with extant structures on the plantation, cotton gins are potentially a powerful tool with which to interpret the American South’s quintessential industry, the production of raw cotton.
Magnolia Plantation is within the Cane River Creole National Historic Park.
tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1953832489&ResourceType=District   (167 words)

  
 Magnolia Gardens
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is the original seat of the Drayton family in America.
The original plantation house was burned by Federal troops in 1865.
The house currently on the property was built in Summerville, SC in 1873 and moved to Magnolia by barge.
www.byways.org /browse/byways/13794/places/14980   (249 words)

  
 Cane River Creole NHP - Tour the Park
Just as this part of Magnolia Plantation belonged to the same family for two centuries, so too do many descendants of Magnolia`s workers still live in the immediate area.
The influence of the plantation itself continued to be an intregral part of people's everyday lives, and not just as an employer.
Baseball diamonds and bush racetracks at Magnolia and other area plantations were common ground for local groups, as were activities centered around emphasizing the strength of community at Magnolia and the plantation store.
www.nps.gov /cari/tour_magnolia.htm   (220 words)

  
 Luxury Rooms & Suites at the Magnolia Plantation Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Beyond the stately columns of the Magnolia Plantation you will find gracious living at its finest with over 30 beautifully appointed ground level rooms and suites featuring king and queen size beds.
A new height in personal luxury is offered by four new Magnolia Suites on the second level of the Magnolia Plantation Hotel.
Each suite is distinctively unique, offering such varied amenities as complete kitchens, and breakfast areas, antique plantation desk and furnishings, separate living rooms, marble bath with Jacuzzi and much more to enhance your stay.
www.magnoliaplantationms.com /rooms.htm   (97 words)

  
 Magnolia Plantation - A Creative Property Development Vision Home
At Bay Creek the beauty of nature is visible from the shores of the Chesapeake Bay to the winding waters of Plantation Creek.
Richard Foster, the President of Baymark Construction, is developing Bay Creek most carefully; in harmony and in tune with the exceptional surroundings.
It is a perfect launching point for exploring the blue-green waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the open seas of the Atlantic Ocean.
www.magnoliaplantation.info /community.php   (417 words)

  
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Using its natural attributes to its fullest advantage, the golf course at Magnolia Plantation Golf Club weaves a tapestry of towering trees, abundant lakes and conservation land into one of the most exciting golf experiences in Central Florida.
Waltz came to Magnolia Plantation from the PGA TOUR Academy at The World Golf Village where he had been Director of Golf Schools since 2003.
The Magnolia Plantation Golf Club offer memberships to meet the needs of individuals, families, golfers, non-golfers and junior golfers.
www.magnoliaplantationgolfclub.com   (242 words)

  
 Magnolia Village is located in Magnolia Plantation one Northwest Florida's Premiere Neighborhood
Magnolia Village is located in Magnolia Plantation one Northwest Florida's Premiere Neighborhood
is located in Magnolia Plantation at Bluewater Bay, one of Northwest Florida's premiere communities.
There are also other Magnolia Plantation lots available in Mediterranean Village and Cougar Circle.
www.baywalk2.com /magnolia_village.html   (114 words)

  
 MAGNOLIA JOURNAL
Before the capture of New Orleans the overseer of Magnolia frequently wrote in his journal that slaves were slipping away to the "Lincolnits" at Fort Jackson to the enemy.
The Magnolia Plantation overseer applied on 14 June 1862 to the Union Authorites at Fort Jackson and Fort ST. Phlip to collect his workers and take them back to their cabins.
The overseer of Magnolia wrote in the journal 22 August 1862, " Henry DIAMOND returned this morning from the army, was in fight at Schilow he as fought Bled (and) Died for his country."
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 Magnolia Mound Plantation Visitors Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Magnolia Mound Plantation is hardly the best-known attraction in Baton Rouge, but it's well worth a visit.
Home to the oldest surviving frame structure in the capital city, Magnolia Mound Plantation offers a rare look at the architecture and lifestyle of the French Creoles, whose influence is still felt in Louisiana.
The main house at Magnolia Mound Plantation — which is included in the National Register of Historic Places — was originally built in the early 1790s, only to be enlarged a few years later.
www.southcoastusa.com /magnolia_mound_plantation.asp   (305 words)

  
 Folly Beach USA - Magnolia Plantation and it's Gardens
Founded in 1676, Magnolia Plantation has been a landmark in Charleston, South Carolina for over 300 years.
The tranquil beauty of Magnolia Plantation draws you back to centuries past.
The stately plantation house rests on ancestral grounds at the edge of the Ashley River.
www.follybeach.com /magnolia.php   (170 words)

  
 New Orleans Weddings at Magnolia Plantation Reception and Banquet Hall
Magnolia Plantation -- 818 Elmwood Park Blvd. - Harahan, LA 70123 - Phone: 504.733.5020
We at Magnolia Plantation strive to make your special day a truly memorable and successful event.
A plantation setting with a circular drive and canopy welcomes your guests to our gracious environment.
www.magnolia-plantation.com   (255 words)

  
 Amenities - Magnolia Plantation
Located minutes from historic downtown Gainesville, Fla., and less than two miles from the University of Florida campus, The Magnolia Plantation Inn and Cottages are perfect for business travel or pleasure trips.
Housed in a friendly neighborhood with many historic homes, The Magnolia Plantation is a great beginning for an evening stroll or horse and carriage ride through the Southeast Historic District.
The Magnolia Plantation Cottages are decorated and furnished in the Country-, Craftsman- and Colonial-style.
www.magnoliabnb.com /amenities.htm   (342 words)

  
 Welcome to Magnolia Plantation
Magnolia Plantation Inn chosen as most romantic lodging in Gainesville!
This charming book covers the most romantic destinations in Florida, and rates the Inn as the most romantic lodging in Gainesville.
The Magnolia Plantation Bed and Breakfast Inn and Cottages
www.magnoliabnb.com   (177 words)

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