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Oak and Pine Alley

Pine Alley Dr., St. Martinville, LA, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 8' 1.5648", -91° 47' 50.424"
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Charles Durand, Pre-Civil War sugar planter, credited with planting this alley. In legend a family wedding party rode down the alley canopied by giant spider webs dusted with gold and silver. c. 1795-99. Spanish grant to Jacques Fontenette.

Last updated: 7/27/2009 15:10:00

 
StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Oak and Pine Alley:
As the story goes, the wealthy plantation owner Charles Durand's daughters were getting married in a double ceremony in 1850. He imported hundreds of spiders to spin their webs in the Oak and Pine Alley. On the morning of the wedding, with the webs damp from the dew, he dusted the spider webs with gold and silver dust. As the guests arrived, they were amazed at the sight. In the evening when his daughters left to catch the steamboat to begin their honeymoon, they were again reminded of their father's love.
   
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