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NEW ORLEANS
Locator Map
Oak Alley
A glorious double row of live oak trees lines the drive to this
mansion, which was built in 1837.
Ponchatoula
Baton Rouge
16
P ass Manchac
61
Plaquemine Lake
Gonzales
1 Amite Maurepas
10
San Francisco
White Lake “Steamboat Gothic” style is
Mississ ippi
Castle Pontchartrain
displayed in all its glory at
55 this plantation.
Donaldsonville 61
Laplace
Lutcher
70
Kenner
Hahnville
Lac des
Lake Napoleonville Allemands Luling
Verret
90
1 Lafourche
Thibodaux
Destrehan
This French-style mansion was
constructed with a combination
of wood and brick.
Laura
The slaves who worked this typical Creole- 0 kilometers 10
style plantation are the source for the Brer 0 miles 10
Rabbit folktales.
For keys to symbols see back flap
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