"We have received the champion blue-ribbon stalk of sugar cane from the Ashton plantation four miles below Hahnville. It contains ten red joints, well-developed, and is the largest we have seen this season." St. Charles Herald, 28 Jul 1883 http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/stcharles/newspapers/herald/07281883.txt
The Sankofa Wiki has produced a little information about the Ashton Plantation of
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
The LSU broadside, available on microfilm, declares the sale of Ashton Plantation
along with 98 slaves in 1859. Ashton consisted of 1,800 acres on Bayou Macon
and the Mississippi River. It was owned by Dr. William Webb Wilkins.
There is currently a subdivision named, Ashton Plantation, in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
More: 44 British Bull Dog Revolver Wiki
Describes that the gun is only suitable for use at point blank range and is an American made
handgun that began production about 1878.
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