(pg. 12) You will return to Highway 112 and head towards Lecompte. As you continue about 9 miles to Lecompte, you will pass Dentley Springs, site of Dentley Plantation belonging to Thomas Jefferson Wells, owner of the race horse, Lecompte, for which the town was named. Lecompte became famous in a race at Metairie Race Track in 1854 when he beat his half-brother, Lexington, internationally famous horse, for the crown.
An awesome blog entry at Lend Me Your Ear contains additional information about Thomas Jefferson Wells and his racehorse, Lecompte.
(pg. 13) At Lecompte, continue along the Bayou Boeuf, veering right in town along Water Street, continuing along the bayou road with the bayou on your right. At the end of the long block on Water Street, you will see to your left an ante bellum building that was once a ware house for the Red River (Ralph Smith) Railroad. Opposite the building was the bayou landing, called over the decades, White's Landing and Smith's Landing. The Holy Comforter Episcopal Church is off to your right on a street joining Water Street. Continue to your right down the highway which is the old bayou road leading to Meeker, La., an old plantation community. You will pass Chaseland Plantation (about 1/2 mile), and at the Meeker crossroads, you will see to your left the buildings of the old Meeker Sugar Refinery (1.2 miles). Plantations of Compton and Meeker extended to your left. Continue and you pass ancient oaks which once were part of an immense oak grove to WELLSWOOD Plantation, one of the fine places of the Boeuf (about 1 mile).
You will reach Highway La.#13 and U.S. #167, the Ville Platte Highway. Turn right. Continue past a bridge over Bayou Boeuf and watch a Northup marker for a turn left down a country road toward Loyd Hall, a three-story show place built around 1857.
(pg. 14) Drive past Loyd Hall along the bayou road. Old plantations stretched out from the bayou on both sides. You go under the trestle and turn right, south, on Highway 71. In Cheneyville, turn right at the first stop light. On your left of the street you are on is the modern Beulah Baptist Church (1816) among whose member were William Prince Ford and Peter Tanner. Drive to the bridge and cross Bayou Boeuf.
(pg. 12) You will return to Highway 112 and head towards Lecompte. As you continue about 9 miles to Lecompte, you will pass Dentley Springs, site of Dentley Plantation belonging to Thomas Jefferson Wells, owner of the race horse, Lecompte, for which the town was named. Lecompte became famous in a race at Metairie Race Track in 1854 when he beat his half-brother, Lexington, internationally famous horse, for the crown.
An awesome blog entry at Lend Me Your Ear contains additional information about Thomas Jefferson Wells and his racehorse, Lecompte.
(pg. 13) At Lecompte, continue along the Bayou Boeuf, veering right in town along Water Street, continuing along the bayou road with the bayou on your right. At the end of the long block on Water Street, you will see to your left an ante bellum building that was once a ware house for the Red River (Ralph Smith) Railroad. Opposite the building was the bayou landing, called over the decades, White's Landing and Smith's Landing. The Holy Comforter Episcopal Church is off to your right on a street joining Water Street. Continue to your right down the highway which is the old bayou road leading to Meeker, La., an old plantation community. You will pass Chaseland Plantation (about 1/2 mile), and at the Meeker crossroads, you will see to your left the buildings of the old Meeker Sugar Refinery (1.2 miles). Plantations of Compton and Meeker extended to your left. Continue and you pass ancient oaks which once were part of an immense oak grove to WELLSWOOD Plantation, one of the fine places of the Boeuf (about 1 mile).
You will reach Highway La.#13 and U.S. #167, the Ville Platte Highway. Turn right. Continue past a bridge over Bayou Boeuf and watch a Northup marker for a turn left down a country road toward Loyd Hall, a three-story show place built around 1857.
(pg. 14) Drive past Loyd Hall along the bayou road. Old plantations stretched out from the bayou on both sides. You go under the trestle and turn right, south, on Highway 71. In Cheneyville, turn right at the first stop light. On your left of the street you are on is the modern Beulah Baptist Church (1816) among whose member were William Prince Ford and Peter Tanner. Drive to the bridge and cross Bayou Boeuf.
You will reach Highway La.#13 and U.S. #167, the Ville Platte Highway. Turn right. Continue past a bridge over Bayou Boeuf and watch a Northup marker for a turn left down a country road toward Loyd Hall, a three-story show place built around 1857.
(pg. 14) Drive past Loyd Hall along the bayou road. Old plantations stretched out from the bayou on both sides. You go under the trestle and turn right, south, on Highway 71. In Cheneyville, turn right at the first stop light. On your left of the street you are on is the modern Beulah Baptist Church (1816) among whose member were William Prince Ford and Peter Tanner. Drive to the bridge and cross Bayou Boeuf.
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