Plantation Homes

Posted April 22, 2006

Filed under Travel

Plantation Homes I’ve Visited

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San Francisco Plantation

Post Office Box 950
2646 Hwy. 44 (River Road)
Saint John the Baptist Parish
Garyville, Louisiana 70051-0950

Phone: 985/535-2341
Fax: 985/535-5450
Toll Free 1 (888) 509-1756

Was one of the prettiest plantation homes

I’ve ever seen!

Photo’s in: *My Louisiana*

Oak Alley Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation, Restaurant & Inn •–
3645 Highway 18 (Great River Road) •– Vacherie, Louisiana USA 70090
Phone: (225) 265-2151 or 1-800-44ALLEY •– Fax: (225) 265-7035 •–
E-mail: ContactUs@OakAlleyPlantation.com

This is a beautiful home!

Lined with 28 live oak trees…just breathetaking!

Photo’s in: *My Louisiana*

Laurel Valley Plantation

Laurel Valley Village/Plantation Museum and Country Store

595 Hwy. 308 Thibodaux, LA 70301

(985) 447-2902 to arrange tours

(985) 446-7456 -Country Store

This is located in my home town of Thibodaux

I love the quiet but eerie drive thru this plantation~

Photo’s in: *My Louisiana*

Some more History of Laurel Valley

Swamp Garden/ Morgan City

Posted April 22, 2006

Filed under Coni Dubois, Travel

Morgan City Swamp Garden

725 Myrtle Street,

Morgan City, LA 70380

(985) 384-3343

Cost: $4.00

Went on 4/21/06

Was a beautiful tour,

Had Indian huts and

a real boat house showing cajun living

from the old days.

One of my favorites was

the 600 year old Cypress!

Pictures in: "My Louisiana"

Description: A walking guided tour through

3.5 acres of natural swamp depicting life

in the great Atchafalaya Swamp and animals

native to the swamp.

L2R: Keith Brown, Coni Dubois & Chief “Sun Rise” Byron Brown

5/13/13 Research talk hosted at Hewitt Home in Hale Michigan R2L starting with me, Rona Sullivan, Diane Allen, Ron Allen, Terry Allen, Jerry Hewitt, Polly Goodwin & my Husband Jay Dubois – beside me is Mary Hewitt (Photo taken by Jim Goodwin)

4/11/10 Barkhamsted Lighthouse Baskets made around 1817 – Photo taken by Coni Dubois

L2R: Coni Dubois, Kevin McBride, Ken Feder & Veronica Hawkins

And those I met along the way~

Also on the front with President Obama

Coni Dubois stands next to a banner welcoming everyone to the Barkhamsted Lighthouse Reunion.

5/13/13 Hill Township Cemetery – most of the bodies were removed to Oak Grove Cemetery – L2R – Polly Goodwin, Coni Dubois, Terry & Ron Allen

Photo taken by Sheryl Robinson – My 1st time at the site and Indian Cemetery

5/13/13 Cookout in Hale Michigan – Hosted by Jerry & Mary Hewitt – Prayer given by Jerry Hewitt – L2R Me, My husband Jay Dubois, Terry Allen his wife Diane Allen, Mary & Jerry Hewitt – Rona Sullivan, Polly Goodwin & Ron Allen (Photo taken by Jim Goodwin husband of Polly)

Coni Dubois & Timothy Ives

5/13/13 Me at Chief Sodney’s tombstone at Esmond Evergreen Cemetery (Photo taken by Jim Goodwin)

SInger/Songwriter Glenda Lucks CD – Manissee

Manissean Villiage Stone

Tantaquidgeon Descendants – Photo taken by Naomi Carolyn — at Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum located @ 1819 Norwich-New London Turnpike, Uncasville, CT 06382 More info: http://connecticuthistory.org/gladys-tantaquidgeon-preserves-the-states-native-past/

I appear on Senior Chat Hour on ctv13/Winsted CT show will appear on 10/22/13 at: www.ctv13.net/ L2R: JoAnn Schmitt & Lorraine Hart (Hosts) Coni Dubois (not sure next gentleman will get his name) and on the end is Christopher Valli (Public Access Coordinator & one that put it all together for us) Keith Brown of the Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot & Veronica Hawkins also appeared on the show with me – We had an Awesome TIME with this crew and I can’t thank them enough for

5/14/13 at my presentation in Hale Michigan for Plainfield Historical Commission (Photo taken by Jim Goodwin) – Polly Goodwin & Sister Sharon & Husband Chuck Fisher

5/13/13 @ Hewitt Home – Rona Sullivan (Barber Descendant) & Mary Hewitt discussing Chief Sodney (Photo taken by Jim Goodwin)

Byron Brown, Chief Sun Rise of the Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot tribe and a descendent of Lighthouse founder James Graughham, walks in the Barkhamsted Lions Parade Saturday

5/13/13 @ Barber Homestead Pauline (Polly) Goodwin, Lenny Barber, Coni Dubois & Beulah Barber (just turned 96) – Both Beulah & Lenny still live at Homestead – Photo taken by Jim Goodwin

Drew Shuptar Rayvis & I

Coni DuBois of Louisiana, who worked 10 years to coordinate the reunion, was made honorary marshal of the July 4 Lions Club parade and other descendants marched in the traditional event.

5/13/13 Polly Goodwin & I discussing genealogy (Photo taken by Jim Goodwin)

Anthropologist Kenneth Feder, a professor at Central Connecticut State University, discusses archaeological work done at the Lighthouse Village Friday during a tour of Lighthouse descendants.

Drew Shuptar-Rayvis of Brookfield, a descendant of the Accomac/Pokomoke people of Virginia, dressed in the fashion of an Algonkian man during a reunion of Barkhamsted Lighthouse descendants Friday.

Jason Mancini – Sr. Researcher @ Mashantucket Peqout Museum & Research Center & Coni Dubois

L2R: Coni Dubois, Ken Feder, Tonia Allen Gould (Coni’s Sister) & Butch Robinson

I was able to meet with Lucianne Lavin & have my book signed – was a wonderful meeting~ More on Lucianne: http://anthropology.as.nyu.edu/o…/anthroalumni.luciannelavin

10/19/13 L2R: Chief Hawk Storm, Tall Oak (Everett Weeden) & Keith Brown at The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center for Conference – photo taken by Veronica Hawkins

Barber Rd

Coni Dubois & Allan Madhabee

5/14/13 – L2R Wendy Dishaw, Coni Dubois, Lynn Barber, Kathy Woods – Donate by Kathy Woods

10/19/13 Author John A Strong signing my book – The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island – He signed: For Coni, Keep up the good work on the Montaukett heritage – John A Strong Oct 19, 2013 and along with that he has granted me permission to use any of his work in my research (has several books out) was a honor to finally meet him (I have most of his books) Photo taken by Veronica Hawkins

Barkhamsted Historical Society vice president Paul Hart, Drew Shuptar-Rayvis of Brookfield, a descendant of the Accomac/Pokomoke people of Virginia, Coni Dubois of Louisiana, who organized a reunion of Barkhamsted Lighthouse descendants, and anthropologist Kenneth Feder pose before a tour of the Lighthouse Village Friday.

Author/Researcher Jean Bell – I received a signed copy of her book: Hale & Up the Tracks (bought for me by Ron & Terry Allen) Photo taken by Rona Sullivan

Taken by Abby Tabor of the Daily Comet

My cousin’s Melissa Renyolds (left) Veronica Hawkins, Polly Goodwin, Me & Laurie Lamarrie with Jim Goodwin at the Institute for American Indian Studies Museum & Research Center

I appear on Senior Chat Hour on ctv13/Winsted CT show will appear on 10/22/13 at: www.ctv13.net/ L2R Back: JoAnn Schmitt, Lorraine Hart, Allan Lawson (Hosts) (not sure next gentleman will get his name) and on the end is Christopher Valli (Public Access Coordinator & one that put it all together for us) Bottom: Coni Dubois, Keith Brown of the Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot & Veronica Hawkins We had an Awesome TIME with this crew and I can’t thank them enough for inviting me!

L2R: Veronica Hawkins, Jessica Vandebogart & her Mother Betty (Ellis) Vandebogart, Donna Ellis (Photo taken by Keith Brown)

10/19/13 L2R: Dr. Craig Miller (Dept Head of Science, Humanities and Visual Communications at Pennsylvania College of Technology) Dave Naumec (Research Consultant of The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center) in the research lab (off limits to public – was given a special tour arranged by Kevin McBride (Archeologist & head of the Research Center) – photo taken by Veronica Hawkins

8/14/14 2nd appearance on tv show – The Senior Chat Hour L2R: Jo-Ann Schmitt & Lorraine Hart (Hosts) Veronica Hawkins, Greg Fisher & Coni Dubois —ctv13 at Charter Communications in Winsted CT

Kevin McBride, Ken Feder & Coni Dubois looking at the map of area

10/10/13 St. Matthew’s Episcopal School

"Ever Widening Circle"

Quest For Our Ancestral Roots

Daily Archives: April 22, 2006

Plantation Homes

Swamp Garden/ Morgan City