COLUMBUS, MS

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Day 81
Miles Traveled: 0
Total Miles Traveled: 1709


  We spent the day with Gail and Frank ("Double Time") touring some of Columbus, MS using the marina's courtesy car.  We have found these courtesy cars to be very helpful and are glad the marinas are able to provide this service. 

  We started at the Columbus, MS Visitor's Center.  This is housed in the first home of Tennessee Williams, famous for the Pulitzer Prize winning "Street Car Named Desire".  His birth name was Thomas Lanier Williams, but he got the nickname "Tennessee" from his college days at University of Iowa due to his southern accent.  His father and mother were both Tennessee natives.  He lived in this home for about three years before his father moved the family to St. Louis, MO

First Home of Tennessee Williams

  We also toured the Waverley Plantation Mansion.  We only were able to do an abbreviated tour since the courtesy car is given for two hour blocks and the mansion was located about 20 minutes away.  The mansion was built in 1852 by Colonel George Hampton Young who was from Georgia.  The mansion is 8,000 square feet, three stories, and filled with Italian and Grecian marble and gorgeous woodwork.  The plantation eventually comprised 50,000 acres.  This cotton plantation was a self-sustaining community with gardens, livestock, brick kiln, cotton gin, ice house, marble-lined swimming pool, and bath houses.  Colonel Young had 10 children.  After the death of the last son in 1913, the plantation began to decline, and actually stood vacant for 50 years.  In 1962, Robert and Madonna Snow purchased the mansion and restored it to its past glory with the help of their children.  Robert and his daughter, Melanie, still live in the mansion, and Melanie is the tour guide.  To see more pictures of the mansion go to: http://www.newsouthernview.com/pages/nsv_ie_waverley.html

Waverley Plantation Mansion

  For dinner we went to J. Broussard's with Tom & Linda on "Raydiance" and Frank & Gail on "Double Time".  The menu is mostly New Orleans style food and it was delicious.  To check out the menu click here:  http://jbroussards.com/menu.html 
Another great meal with a great group of people.