Category: event

May102013May 10, 2013February 27, 2019by itswebteam

Lakeport Legacies with LaRhonda Mangrum Recording the Cemeteries of Southeast Arkansas

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Join us for our first Lakeport Legacies!


Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:30 pm

History Written in Stone: Recording the Cemeteries of Southeast Arkansas with LaRhonda Mangrum
Hill Cemetery, Chicot County.
Courtesy LaRhonda Mangrum

Cemeteries are important landmarks for families and communities and essential resources for historians and genealogists. Some cemeteries are visible and well maintained, while many others have been forgotten or lost. On Thursday, May 30, at 5:30 pm LaRhonda Mangrum will discuss her work documenting cemeteries in southeast Arkansas for the Arkansas Gravestones Project. Mrs. Mangrum, a Chicot County native, is the coordinator for southeast Arkansas and the coordinator for Ashley, Chicot and Drew counties. The gravestone project’s mission is to “capture and archive digital images of our ancestors’ gravestones.” She has been gravin’ since 2011 and has documented over 100 cemeteries for the Arkansas Gravestones Project. For more information about the project visit the http://www.arkansasgravestones.org/.

Lakeport Legacies is a new monthly history talk held on the last Thursday at the Lakeport Plantation. Each month we’ll have a topic from the Delta region (AR, LA & MS). The event is free and open to the public. Lakeport Legacies will meet in the Dining Room of the Lakeport Plantation house. For more information, call or email Blake Wintory – 870.265.6031.

The Lakeport Plantation is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site. Constructed ca. 1859, it is Arkansas’s only remaining antebellum plantation home along the Mississippi River. The plantation was donated to Arkansas State University in 2001 by the Sam Epstein Angel family. After more than five years of restoration, the plantation opened as a museum and educational center in September 2007 and new permanent exhibits were unveiled in September 2012.

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Jan152013January 15, 2013November 22, 2016by itswebteam

New Year’s Open House — January 26, 2013

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Start 2013 with Lakeport Plantation’s new exhibits and hot cocoa. Come join us for our New Year’s Open House from 12 pm to 3 pm on Saturday January 26.

Built in 1859, Lakeport is the last antebellum plantation home along the Mississippi River in Arkansas. New exhibits installed throughout the house are based on years of restoration and research in family records, archives and oral histories. On display are artifacts found during restoration and original items donated back to Lakeport.

All are welcome to this free event.


May262011May 26, 2011November 19, 2014by itswebteam

Closed Memorial Day & Open Saturdays this Summer

Posted in event, Memorial Day, Saturday

Lakeport will be closed on Memorial Day–Monday, May 30, 2011.


However, we will be open Saturdays this summer starting in June.


On June 4th — Lakeport is part of the Lake Chicot State Park’s Civil War Event:

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Civil War Writings – Visitor Center

            The letters, reports, and diaries of the Civil War show us the personal story of what these men went through during our country’s tragic split.  Join the Park Interpreter, as we examine these writings and discover what they tell us about the Civil War. Visitors will also have a chance to write using the same tools the soldiers used 150 years ago.

                       

10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Life of Civil War Soldiers

            Join the Park Interpreter as he conducts a living history programs that represent what life was like for both the Union and Confederate soldiers in Arkansas.  There will be reproduction equipment and uniforms so don’t miss your chance to see history come alive. If you have any questions about life as a Civil War solider this is your chance to ask.

             1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. The Battle of Ditch Bayou 

            Join the Park Interpreter as we take an in-depth look into the battle fought on the other side of the lake. Firsthand reports from soldiers and civilians will show us what really happen here on June 6th 1864.              

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p. m. The Battle of Arkansas Post

            Join us for a look into the Union assault on Fort Hindman that took place on January 9-11, 1863. Joe Herron, Park Ranger for Arkansas Post National Memorial will be giving us a presentation on what occurred during this battle and the effect it had on the surrounding area.

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Lakeport Plantation and the Civil War

Join us as we travel to the other side of Lake Chicot to visit the historic Lakeport Plantation. Dr. Blake Wintory, Assistant Director of Lakeport Plantation, will provided visitors with a guided tour of Lakeport Plantation. During his tour he will discuss the effect the Civil War had on Lakeport Plantation. Maps from Lake Chicot State Park to Lakeport Plantation will be handed out at the end of “The Battle of Arkansas Post” presentation. 


May232011May 23, 2011November 19, 2014by itswebteam

Civil War Event at Lake Chicot Sate Park Ends with Tour of Lakeport — June 4th

Posted in civil war, event, Lake Chicot State Park
Civil War Event, Saturday, June 4th 2011
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Civil War Writings – Visitor Center
            The letters, reports, and diaries of the Civil War show us the personal story of what these men went through during our country’s tragic split.  Join the Park Interpreter, as we examine these writings and discover what they tell us about the Civil War. Visitors will also have a chance to write using the same tools the soldiers used 150 years ago.
                       
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Life of Civil War Soldiers
            Join the Park Interpreter as he conducts a living history programs that represent what life was like for both the Union and Confederate soldiers in Arkansas.  There will be reproduction equipment and uniforms so don’t miss your chance to see history come alive. If you have any questions about life as a Civil War solider this is your chance to ask.
                       
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. The Battle of Ditch Bayou 
            Join the Park Interpreter as we take an in-depth look into the battle fought on the other side of the lake. Firsthand reports from soldiers and civilians will show us what really happen here on June 6th 1864.
                  
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p. m. The Battle of Arkansas Post
            Join us for a look into the Union assault on Fort Hindman that took place on January 9-11, 1863. Joe Herron, Park Ranger for Arkansas Post National Memorial will be giving us a presentation on what occurred during this battle and the effect it had on the surrounding area.

3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Lakeport Plantation and the Civil War
Join us as we travel to the other side of Lake Chicot to visit the historic Lakeport Plantation. Dr. Blake Wintory, Assistant Director of Lakeport Plantation, will provided visitors with a guided tour of Lakeport Plantation. During his tour he will discuss the effect the Civil War had on Lakeport Plantation. Maps from Lake Chicot State Park to Lakeport Plantation will be handed out at the end of “The Battle of Arkansas Post” presentation. 

Feb082011February 8, 2011November 19, 2014by itswebteam

Lakeport Plantation Presents:

Posted in event, Mark Twain
Twain on the Plantation
Saturday 
February 26, 2011
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Delta radio and television personality, David Lush, will present his Mark Twain at the Lakeport Plantation on Saturday, February 26, 2011.
  
A tour of the Lakeport Plantation home will begin at 12:30 pm.  At 2 pm, Mark Twain will entertain guests of the Plantation with his tales (some tall; some short) of his adventures as a Mississippi riverboat pilot.  
Seating is limited to the first 50 guests.   RSVP by Friday, Feb. 18th  (870) 265-6031  Free Admission  and refreshments.   

“The doors will open at 12 o’clock, and the trouble will begin at 2.”




Jan292010January 29, 2010November 19, 2014by itswebteam

Lakeport Plantation to Host Author Susan Young

Posted in book signing, event, immigration, Italians, Lake Village Chamber of Commerce, Sunnyside, Tontitown

From Sunnyside to Tontitown:
Author Talk and Book Signing with Susan Young

Saturday, February 27, 2010 • 1:00 p.m.
Chicot County’s Italian history comes down from
the hills and back to the Delta with author Susan
Young’s discussion of her new book, So Big, This
Little Place: The Founding of Tontitown, Arkansas,
1898-1917, at Lakeport Plantation, Sat. Feb. 27.
• 1:00 p.m. Tour of Lakeport Plantation Home
• 2:00 p.m. Author Talk – Susan Young w/ book
signing to follow
In 1895, 100 Italian families came to Chicot
County’s Sunnyside Plantation from Genoa, Italy
to make a new life. Three years later, 40 families
left the harsh conditions of the plantation and
founded Tontitown in the Ozark Mountains.
Young’s book is richly illustrated and contains a
newly compiled genealogical register.
All are welcome to this free event.


The Lakeport Plantation is one of Arkansas’s premier historic structures. The house, constructed ca. 1859, is the only remaining Arkansas plantation home on the Mississippi River. Lakeport’s mission is to research and interpret the people and cultures that shaped plantation life in the Mississippi River Delta, focusing on the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods.


The plantation was donated to Arkansas State University in 2001 by the Sam Epstein Angel family. After more than five years of restoration, the plantation opened as a museum and educational center in September 2007. Arkansas State University’s Arkansas Heritage SITES Program operates two other heritage sites: the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott and the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza.

Lakeport Plantation • 601 Highway 142 • Lake Village • AR • 870-265-6031 • lakeport.astate.edu