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Bocage plantation Circa 1837
Bocage Plantation located in Darrow, Louisiana is one of the many fine examples of Greek Revival architecture found along the Mississippi river. Bocage was a wedding gift from wealthy planter Marius Pons Bringier to his 14 year old daughter Francoise “Fanny” Bringier upon her marriage to Christophe Colomb in 1801 who at the time was in his 30’s. While the original house was built in 1801, the present mansion is believed to have been built in 1837, most likely replacing the original house which had probably burned. Reportedly, Christophe enjoyed the finer things in life and left the management of the plantation to his young wife while he spent his days lazily traveling up and down the river visiting friends and neighbors. The Columbs had eight children . Fanny died in 1827 with Christophe passed away a few years later in 1832. At this time Bocage was passed down to one of their sons and his wife.
Bocage is elaborately decorated with the finest period furnishings and now operates as a Bed and Breakfast.
Rear DPU shoving on a southbound junk manifest through East Mariposa. This train would only make it as far as Riverbank before being stopped all day due to mechanical issues.
CN eastbound #L509 passes Watford behind SD70I 5607, Dash 8-40C 2103, GP38-2(W) 4790 and GP38-2 4719.
Rappelling at Girls Camp was rained out earlier in the summer. Greenfield Stake YW leaders were able to plan a day trip and let the 4th year girls experience the rappelling they had previously missed out on. They had a great time. More pictures from the day are here: www.azdewphoto.com/People/Church/2015-YW-Fourth-Year-Rapp...