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Oakland Plantation. 46 reviews. #186 of 1,920 things to do in Louisiana. Historic Sites. Write a review. What people are saying. By debbie c. “ Walking in the past ”. Mar 2023.
Jul 29, 2022 · Quick Facts. Location: Natchez, LA. Amenities. 16 listed. Welcome to Oakland Plantation, a part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. You are about to enter one of the most intact Creole Plantations in existence.
The historic property is a National Bicentennial Farm, only one of two of such Farms west of the Mississippi River, both of which are in Natchitoches Parish. A unit of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Oakland was acquired by the National Park Service in 1998.
A unit of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Oakland was acquired by the National Park Service in 1998. Oakland Plantation is a National Bicentennial Farm, only one of two of such Farms west of the Mississippi River, both of which are in Natchitoches Parish.
The park includes 44.16 acres of Oakland Plantation and 18.75 acres of Magnolia Plantation. The two park sites include a total of 67 historic structures remnant from 200 years of plantation life. Both Oakland and Magnolia Plantations owe their physical integrity to the families that kept them intact for seven and eight generations.
Created / Published. Documentation compiled after 1933. Headings. - plantations. - plantation houses. - domestic life. - agriculture. - ethnic groups. - Louisiana--Natchitoches Parish--Bermuda. Latitude / Longitude. 31.665434,-93.0024. Notes. - See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation.
Oakland Plantation was founded on a 1785 Spanish-era land grant by Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prud’homme. In the 1790s a small, enslaved work force of thirty-eight people grew tobacco and indigo. Enslaved people literally had a hand in every aspect of the operation of the plantation.
