Name Country Road | Name That Country Road


Previous Country Roads:
May 2012. "John on the Tractor." Photo by Kenneth Wilson. January 2012. "Road Like Sky." Photo by CC Lockwood. February 2012. "Red." Photo by Julia Morgan. March 2012. "The Circle of Winter." Photo by Frank McMains. April 2012. "Old Iron Bridge." Photo by Jan Arrigo. May 2012. "John on the Tractor." Photo by Kenneth Wilson. June's Country Road (Coming June 1st, 2012) July's Country Road (Coming July 1st, 2012) August's Country Road (Coming August 1st, 2012) September's Country Road (Coming September 1st, 2012) October's Country Road (Coming October 1st, 2012) November's Country Road (Coming November 1st, 2012) December's Country Road (Coming December 1st, 2012)

In recent months we've invited the region's photographers to submit their favorite photographs of the highways and byways that bisect the Bayou State. Throughout this year we'll be featuring a dozen of the most memorable submissions taken of (or on, or from) our country roads, and inviting readers to guess the location. Each month, the first reader to correctly identify the road in question wins a Country Roads T-Shirt, and a copy of a poster featuring all twelve of the year's selections. One more thing...you can submit a country road photo of your own, HERE.

About this month's road:

While staying one weekend at Oak Alley plantation, Baton Rouge photographer Ken Wilson went exploring and discovered another historic property with its own significant set of oaks. These days, the road through the alley leads to a working sugar cane farm. Apparently workers partially fill the tanks on the tractor with fertilizer and drive up to the entrance (where the water hose is located), and top off the tanks with water, explained Wilson. I made a print of the image and took it back [to the property] and found out the man on the tractor was named John and was in the hospital. I found out later that John enjoyed the print.

Here's a hint:

Although no grand Antebellum plantation home stands at the end of this alley today, there was a plantation façade built here for a movie shoot seven or eight years ago. Another remarkable feature is the extensive series of original slave quarters (which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places) on the grounds beyond the trees.

About the artist:

Kenneth Wilson has been capturing images of Louisiana landscapes for years. He recently co-authored the book Louisiana Wildflower Guide with Dr. Charles Allen, and is the Field Trip guy for the Louisiana Photographic Society. Wilson has been published in Louisiana Gardener and Louisiana Conservationist magazines.

Congratulations to last month's winner, Cammie V.!

Who correctly identified the road Jan was on when she took the photo of "Old Iron Bridge." It's the Sarto Old Iron Bridge and it crosses Bayou des Glaises on Hwy 451 in Big Bend near Hamburg and Moreauville. She get's a T-Shirt, along with Michael B. for his fantastic enthusiasm regarding the old Big Bend Post Office.

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Michelle Novak makes this comment

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

yay! I also meant to put Evergreen in my first comment, not sure why it didn't show up
Rachel the editor makes this comment

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

Congratulations Michelle and Stacy! You are both correct. "John on the Tractor" was taken at Evergreen Plantation which is located at 4677 Hwy. 18, Edgard, LA. Both of you get a T-Shirt!
Stacy makes this comment

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

Evergreen Plantation Road
Michelle Novak makes this comment

Tuesday, 08 May 2012

Hwy 18 Edgard, Louisiana
Jill Wiley makes this comment

Monday, 07 May 2012

Is it Palo Alto Road in Donaldsonville?
Jill Wiley makes this comment

Monday, 07 May 2012

Palo Alto Road, Donaldsonville
june perronne makes this comment

Tuesday, 01 May 2012

jut try a guessing
Bruce makes this comment

Tuesday, 01 May 2012

Don't have a clue but can't wait to find out so we can take a road trip. Thanks
Travis Bordelon makes this comment

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Yep! Hwy 451 in Big Bend Louisiana, about 2 miles where I grew up. Crosses Bayou De Glaises, I remember when the boards still looked like that before recent renovations and historical preservation acts. As children, we actually rode our 3 and 4 wheelers acrosss it for fun, as for the bridge was already condemned and closed. In its time, Sarto Iron Bridge was turned with a hand crank in order to allow steamboats to pass thru to travel to Cottonport, La., to obtain cotton bales to transport back to the Atchafalaya then to the Mississippi Rivers. Caught plenty of Largemouth Bass and Sac-A-Lait from that bayou!
Melanie Moyer makes this comment

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Hwy. 451,Big Bend. Sarto Old Iron Bridge

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