River Road Rambler: A Curious Traveler along Louisiana's Historic Byway

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RAMBLER River Road 1. Cottage Plantation Columns 2. Capt. Mike and the Plaquemine Ferry 3. St. Gabriel 4. National Hanson’s Disease Museum, Carville 5. Le Pelican, Donaldsonville 6. Hardware Shul, Donaldsonville 7. St. Michael’s Church, Convent 8. Perique, Grand Point 9. Valcour Aime Gardens, Vacherie 10. St. James Museum, Lutcher 11. Colonial Sugars, Gramercy 12. Evergreen Plantation, Edgard 13. Destrehan Map by Mary Lee Eggart RAMBLER A Curious Traveler along Louisiana’s Historic Byway Mary Ann Sternberg Illustrations by Elizabeth Randall Neely Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge River Road Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2013 by Mary Ann Sternberg All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing Designer: Laura Roubique Gleason Typeface: Calluna Printer: McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. Binder: Dekker Bookbinding Frontispiece map by Mary Lee Eggart Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sternberg, Mary Ann. River Road rambler : a curious traveler along Louisiana’s historic byway / Mary Ann Sternberg; illustrations by Elizabeth Randall Neely. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8071-5078-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 9780 -8071-5079-5 (pdf) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5080-1 (epub) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5081-8 (mobi) 1. River Road (La.)—History. 2. River Road (La.)—History, Local. 3. River Road (La.)—Social life and customs. 4. Historic sites—Louisiana—River Road. I. Neely, Elizabeth Randall. II. Title. F377.R58S85 2013 976.3'3—dc23 2012039194 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ∞ ...