In plantation days slaves cleared the forested area and planted rice in the same way rice was grown in Africa. The slaves lived just this side of where trees stand today. During the phosphate mining era the Draytons would have looked out on open mining pits in the same areas.
Early in the 20th century the pond was created and the dirt used to form the carriage turnaround, but only the mounded portions remain.
The second story portico where Marcia is standing originally had no railing, in keeping with the style of the times. Modern day lawyers and insurance carriers apparently insisted on adding the railing.
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