Blood Once Spilled — John T. Wayne

BELLE GROVE PLANTATION Belle Grove was constructed as a Greek Revival & Italianate mansion built near White Castle, Louisiana in Iberville Parish. When completed in 1857 she was one of the largest homes ever built in the south, with seventy fi ve rooms spread over four stories there was nothing else like her south of the Mason Dixon. Known as Th e Queen of the South, John Andrews sold her to James Ware in 1867 just after the Civil War had ended for the incredible sum of $50.000. On March 17th 1952, exactly 100 years after construction began Belle Grove Plantation burned to the ground. Within these pages you will fi nd a one of a kind story concerning Belle Grove, a story which has never been told. THE NEW STANDARD IN WESTERN FOLKLORE!