Farm site: Dr. Etherly Place, 9 miles from Mounds Landing. Mrs. B. B. Payne standing in hole washed where barn had washed away during flood of 1927. In rear, B. B. Payne in hole washed under farm residence before it joined floating debris.
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Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...