Ghost Adventures

S2E4 - Magnolia Plantation (Original Air Date: 06/27/2009)

In Natchitoches, LA, Magnolia Plantation stands as a grand reminder of the prosperity cotton and tobacco afforded the pre-Civil War American South. The grounds' main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital stand just as they did during the 1800s. Established in 1830 by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife, Julia Buard, to expand the family's cotton production, Magnolia once constituted more than 5,000 acres. Using slave labor, the Lecomtes cleared more than 2,000 of those wooded acres into profit-turning cotton fields. These healthy crops allowed the Lecomtes to expand to two other plantations, with Magnolia serving as their base of operations and home.

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