Ross Plantation Church

This old church was located on what was formerly the Rost Plantation, then the Pan-American Petroleum Corporation refinery. It was used as a colored school and...

John Goosberry

Tintype of John Goosberry, foreman at the Rost Home Colony at Destrehan Plantation. One of the 21 Black recruits from Canada, 25-year-old Goosberry, a sailor...

Judge Pierre Adolphe Rost – Image

Judge Pierre Adolphe Rost, b. 1797 in France, d. 1868, married Louise Odile Destrehan. He was a plantation owner, state senator and associate Justice of the...

Crespo Sworn In – Image

Joaquin Crespo, having “behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and...

Plantation Sketch

Life on the plantation. Tags: #ormond #rost home colony #ormond preview

Rost Home Colony – Image

The Rost Plantation House in 1893 with Judge Emile Rost, son of Judge Pierre Rost, standing on the right and Mr. Destours on left. Photo taken by Mrs. George...

Judge Pierre Adolphe Rost – Image

Judge Pierre Adolphe Rost, b. 1797 in France, d. 1868, married Louise Odile Destrehan. He was a plantation owner, state senator in Louisiana Tags: #destrehan...

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