The Deep South evokes images of magnolias, mansions, southern belles and cemeteries rich in notable personages. Even today, in many places the South still offers an unhurried pace of life reminiscent of the days before the Civil War. Its many historic districts, preserved and restored homes continue to bring the past to life, displaying living history at its best.The South has been home to some of...
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What better way to experience the Deep South than the way travelers in its heyday would have? RiverBarge Excursion Lines allows today’s visitors to discover the great cities of the South, just as the belles and gentlemen of the 19th century would have.
Traveling the South’s rivers and intracoastal waterways via barge allows us to return to a slower, more leisurely pace of life. Floati...
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Clarksdale, Mississippi, is a farming town of 21,000 people in the northwestern part of the state, about 75 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, and about 13 miles east of Arkansas. By any measure, except one, it’s the kind of small, slow-going, not-so-very memorable town you can see hundreds of throughout the South.
The one exception is the annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festiva...
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Thomas Jefferson was a man of many accomplishments. He served as governor of Virginia, as minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice president in the administration of John Adams and as third president of the United States.
But one of his greatest passions was Monticello, his mountaintop home near the community of Charlottesville, Virginia. Described by Jeffers...
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Twice in one 14-year period architect Richard Meier designed two museums that not only were breathtaking gifts to their respective cities, but also reasserted the vigor and inventiveness of modern a...
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It’s ironic that the automobile, which made America’s national parks so popular by making them so accessible, has become a bête noire among many conservationists. Most of them would like to see it banned entirely from this country’s great nature preserves.
Indeed, very popular parks like Yosemite and Zion have put increasing pressure on people to get out of their cars and...
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What better way to experience the Deep South than the way travelers in its heyday would have? RiverBarge Excursion Lines allows today’s visitors to discover the great cities of the South, just as the belles and gentlemen of the 19th century would have.
Traveling the South’s rivers and intracoastal waterways via...
New York City-based travel expert Christophe Buszkiewicz, who’s been working in the cultural and luxury segments of the travel industry since 1987, has watched closely as the euro has overtaken the U.S. dollar in strength. The Cultured Traveler (TCT) asked him if, despite the dollar’s current weakness, American travelers might still include Europe in their travel plans this summer. Here is what he told us:
Strictly speaking, a New Orleans Creole is a descendant of an early French or Spanish colonist born in the New World, not in Europe. Most colonials in the 18th century were French. They dominated New Orleans cultural and social life for more than 100 years, long before the “Americans” arrived in any number.
Most Creoles called themselves “French," spoke French, and...
General James Edward Oglethorpe and the 120 travelers of the good ship Anne landed on a bluff high along the Savannah River in February 1733; Oglethorpe named the 13th and final American colony, Georgia, after England's King George II. Savannah became its first city.Oglethorpe and 19 associates received a charter from the King of England making them "Trustees for Establishing the...
During the 1700s, pirates flourished, particularly in Charles Town. Many colonial merchants, discontent with paying the King of England taxes for goods, illegally traded with pirates in hopes of enhancing profits.Governments and merchants did not object to piracy until it began to cost them money. When pirates captured ships carrying commercial cargo belonging to wealthy men, a sudden outcry arose to end the pirate trade. While once considered a profitable partnership, pirates soon became...
Just beyond the striking skyline and bright lights of Atlanta lies a rich Southern history and heartland within the city’s neighborhoods. These in-town neighborhoods summon visitors to experience the many unique areas that create the landscape of this varied city.
One of Atlanta’s most popular neighborhoods is located just north of the downtown convention district. Ansley...
Clarksdale, Mississippi, is a farming town of 21,000 people in the northwestern part of the state, about 75 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, and about 13 miles east of Arkansas. By any measure, except one, it’s the kind of small, slow-going, not-so-very memorable town you can see hundreds of throughout the South.
The one exception is the annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel...
In the western section of what we know today as the Old South is the town of Natchez, described by Therese Yelverton, the vicountess of Avonmore who visited Natchez just after the war. She wrote that “Natchez, before the war, had been the Bath or Clifton of the South, and the residences had more the appearance of wealth and style than those of any Southern...
A snowstorm forced cancellation of my flight to Savannah, so I waited at the airport to fly standby. Fortunately, because Atlanta is a Delta hub, there are many flights to Georgia, and before the day was out I was aboard one. By the time I arrived in Savannah, however, it was after dark. Since I’d already lost a day of my trip, I was determined not to waste...
In the year 1671, the Council of Province ordered a town to be established on James Island, South Carolina. The town, McLeod's Plantation (not called McLeod's at that time), became a part of James Island around 1696.
The property was first owned by Morris Morgan in 1696 and had about 617 acres. There were no formal buildings on the property except for a few slave quarters. Dual residency existed, and most plantation owners had homes...
It is a story always waiting to be written, an ever-changing work in progress. From the ragged sidewalks of the old city to the gleaming mirrored high-rise office towers reaching for the clouds, New Orleans has all the makings of great literature.
With colorful Louisiana politicians as antagonists, and drama playing itself out daily in the French Quarter, the city never stops inventing and producing itself. With the mighty Mississippi River...
Rosa Parks is 91-years-old. The “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement” was a 42-year-old black seamstress in 1955, when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. A quiet act of courage, her simple gesture of civil disobedience ushered in a social and political revolution.
Thomas Jefferson was a man of many accomplishments. He served as governor of Virginia, as minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice president in the administration of John Adams and as third president of the United States.
But one of his greatest passions was Monticello, his mountaintop home near the community...
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What better way to experience the Deep South than the way travelers in its heyday would have? RiverBarge Excursion Lines allows today’s visitors to discover the great cities of the South, just as the belles and gentlemen of the 19th century would have.
Traveling the South’s rivers and intracoastal waterways via barge allows us to return to a slower, more leisurely pace of life. Floati...
Clarksdale, Mississippi, is a farming town of 21,000 people in the northwestern part of the state, about 75 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, and about 13 miles east of Arkansas. By any measure, except one, it’s the kind of small, slow-going, not-so-very memorable town you can see hundreds of throughout the South.
The one exception is the annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festiva...
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