A Visit to Baton Rouge Louisiana

Visiting family is so grand!!  And so, before the weather got too hot  and we had the time my brother, Phil, and sister-in-law met us in Baton Rough, Louisiana to visit our brother, Tom, and his family.  It's a lovely city on the banks of the Mississippi not far from New Orleans.  So as always happens, we were given a tour of some of the  beautiful places in and near Baton Rouge.

 Old State Capitol Building

Baton Rouge Louisiana

The Old Louisiana State Capitol is an historic building, and now a museum in Baton Rough, Louisiana.  It housed the Louisiana state legislature from the mid-19 century until 1929-1932.  The building was added to the National Registry of Historic places in 1973.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.

Interior of The Old State Capitol

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Rosedown Plantation was built in 1835 by Daniel and Martha Turnbull, over the span of six months at a cost of $13,109.20.  This was a cotton plantation and consisted of 3,500 acres and 215 slaves.

They raised three children on the plantation, two sons and a daughter.  Their youngest son died of yellow fever at the age of 7 and their oldest son drowned in a boating accident at age 27, leaving their daughter Sarah as their only remaining heir.

Sarah married James Bowman from the neighboring Oakley Plantation, and together they raised 10 children, 8 girls and 2 boys.  Their 4 unmarried daughters inherited the property, living at Rosedown until the last  Nina Bowman died in 1955.  After the Civil War, former slaves became sharecroppers at Rosedown.  Sharecropping continued into the 1950's.

in 1956, Rosedown was purchased by Catherine Underwood of Houston, Texas.  Ove the next 8 years, Catherine had the plantation restored, opening Rosedown to the public in 1964.  The Underwood family maintained Rosedown as a tourist destination until 1994 when it was sold to a Georgia business man.  The state of Louisiana purchased Rosedown in 2000.

Statues are reproductions of original Italian statues.  

Purchased in the 1850's.

Fountains near the summer houses.

Azaleas and camellias in bloom

It was a beautiful place to visit and a grand way to spend time with family!  I'm sure everything is just exquisite later in the Spring, but I was happy to be there when we were.  It wasn't to hot or humid!  

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Thanks be to God!

Catthy

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Roses In Bloom

 When we were in Baton Rouge a couple of weeks ago, we went to the Botanic Garden at Independence Park.    It was cold and not much was in bloom.  There were a few iris budding but not many in bloom.  And then we came upon the Rose Garden.  Bushes were in bloom everywhere.  Just being in the midst of this color and fragrance of the roses diminished the chill.  

My dad loved roses and took a great deal of pride in his garden.  I guess that is where I learned to love them, though I do not claim to be an expert in their growth and care.  There were so many varieties in the garden that day that I could not possibly know which was which.  All I know is I really enjoyed my walk through them that day. 

And so I ascribe to William Shakespeare's quote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."  Is it enough to appreciate a rose and not know if it is hybrid or English rose?  I hope so.

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Thanks be to God!

Cathy

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“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints” ~Wilfred Peterson

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City on the Mississippi

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

From this magnificent old live oak tree on the campus of LSU...

to the lawns of the Old Louisiana's State Capitol  the city of Baton Rouge is a lovely place to visit and the people we met are courteous,  friendly and helpful.  The reason we visited Baton Rouge was to attend the wedding of my nephew and this allotted us the opportunity of sightseeing on a limited basis as visiting with family was such a treasured time!

The Shaw Center for the Arts is a wonderful place to visit with a wonderful view of the Mississippi River.

The view from the museum allows a perfect view of the river and it's vistas.  The barges moving up and down the river, the Louisiana Art and Science Museum and the destroyer USS Kidd in the background

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But I think best of all was the food!  Yest indeed!  From Chimes Restaurant and Tap Room to Raising Canes Chicken Fingers there is nothing like the "flavor of Baton Rouge" unless it's the "flavor of New Orleans."  But since New Orleans was not on the menu this visit to Louisiana I can only speak to the foods I savored in this fine city.

Chicken and Asparagus at Sarop's Cafe.

Wedding, family, food and new adventures, it doesn't get any better than that!  Wishing all a week of your own grand adventures and  all they have to offer.

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Thanks be to God!

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