He was a school dropout at 14 and homeless for a spell, but as a driven investor and chief of Dole he became a billionaire.

Her father’s family traces its roots to White Castle, where the plantation is based, and she believes some of her ancestors were enslaved there. “It’s personal for me,” Thompson said.

Fire crews mover a line around the now fully engulfed the Nottoway Plantation on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in White Castle, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP) But some plantations also de ...

Firefighters from Baton Rouge operate Aerial 3 as flames burst from the roof of the Nottoway Plantation on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in White Castle ... was a woman named Rose Graham Jackson ...

The largest remaining antebellum plantation mansion in the South has ... One of those Black people was a woman named Rose Graham Jackson, an ancestor on my mother’s side who straddled the ...

A devastating fire erupted at the historic Nottoway Resort Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana, on Thursday. Significant damage was reported to the mansion-turned-resort. Aftermath videos and ...

WHITE CASTLE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Louisiana authorities say the main building at the historic Nottoway Plantation is considered a “total loss” following a massive, destructive fire.

Nottoway Plantation was built in the 1850s by John Hampden Randolph and sits on a 31-acre property in White Castle, on the edge of the Mississippi River. The 53,000-square-foot home on a former ...

A massive fire destroyed Louisiana’s Nottoway Resort, a former plantation turned wedding venue A massive fire has destroyed Nottoway Resort in White Castle, Louisiana Officials are still ...

The Nottoway Plantation House in White Castle, Louisiana, caught fire on Thursday, May 15, and the damage appears to be irreversible. Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle shared the news to ...

COMMUNITIES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE STILL WORKING TO PUT OUT HOT SPOTS FROM A BLAZE THAT CAUSED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO A HISTORIC PLANTATION. THIS IS NOT A PLANTATION IN IBERVILLE PARISH.

WHITE CASTLE, La. (WAFB) - One of the nation’s oldest remaining Antebellum-era plantation structures is a “total loss” following a fire, authorities say. Crews responded to the scene of a ...