Melrose is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, including the Melrose Plantation and surrounding area, on Louisiana Highway 119. In addition to the historic Plantation, the Cane River Creole National Historic Park and Heritage Area is at Melrose. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4416x2612, 916 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bar (establishment) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4416x2612, 916 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bar (establishment) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Natchitoches Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... A plantation is an intentional planting of a crop, on a larger scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. ...
Francois Mignon, journalist and curator of buildings, furnishings, and gardens at Melrose Plantation, Natchitoches, La. Melrose was a working cotton and pecan plantation, but it was best known in the period between the two World Wars as a writers' and artists' colony.
Mignon planned to stay in Louisiana for six weeks, but his growing blindness and an invitation from Cammie Henry, who owned Melrose, convinced him to stay for what turned out to be more than 30 years.
Melrose was a working cotton and pecan plantation, but it was best known in the period between the two World Wars as a writers' and artists' colony.
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