William Bartram’s Louisiana Trail Conference
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Baton Rouge, La Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
During three days this March, the Friends of LSU Hilltop Arboretum will host William Bartram’s Louisiana Trail Conference. Bartram was America’s first native-born naturalist artist who recorded Louisiana’s natural world during a four-year trip he took between 1773 and 1777. The conference will feature special events, tours, and speakers which will illuminate Bartram’s travels through the South. Participants may register for all or part of the conference and take a detailed look at the schedule at lsu.edu/hilltop or call (225) 767-6916. Highlights include:
• March 24: A marker dedication and opening reception at Magnolia Mound Plantation; tours of the LSU Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium and The Special Collections at LSU Hill Memorial Library
• March 25: Conference and keynote banquet at the EBRP Main Library focusing on eighteenth-century Louisiana history and natural history of West Florida as well as Bartram’s contributions to art and literature and the Bartram Trail Heritage
• March 26: LSU Hilltop Arboretum Tree Stroll Brunch, Pointe Coupee History Tour, and Burden Museum and Garden Tours.
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