Boone Hall Plantation Tour

This is the drive towards the home. These are the hardy live oak trees. This plantation was used in the movies North and South, Queens and The Notebook. It is the oldest living working plantation. Growing and producing crops for over 320 years.

This is the plantation home. The main floor is the museum and upper floors are used as the private residence. The original home looked like an old white country farm home.

One of 11 homes on the grounds that the slaves used. The plantation had a brick making business so the slaves reaped the benefits of having nicer homes. The plantation is known for growing indigo, cotton and pecans. The price they got for the pecans harvest every other year would equal about 3million dollars in our money today. They still harvest peaches, strawberries, tomatoes and pumpkins.

One of the items that is famous in this area is baskets that are woven with sweetwater grass and very long pine needles.

This is a sample of the baskets they make and they are very expensive, usually $100 and up.

A sample of some of the flowers in the gardens.

This gentleman told us about the Gullah people. Basically, they were the original people from West Africa. Their dialect is english spoken VERY fast and the letter "h" is left out of most words, ie. "tank you". We've decided that Kandice is good at Gullah and she is teaching little Jackson to follow in her footsteps! (he! he!)

This is the cotton gin that is under restoration. Lots of history to be learned when you travel. June 28 is called South Carolina Day, celebrating the first victory that brought an end to the Revolutionary War. They like this day more than July 4 because it's "their day"!