Due to Covid-19 all museum speaker events and gala will be canceled for 2020. Our patrons are important to us. We feel that the museum meeting room is not large enough to safely social
distance.
September 14th, 2020 Night at the Museum to feature Denton Culpepper
Denton Culpepper was born and raised
in Dubberly, LA about two miles from what is now his “Ivy Vale
Plantation”. Growing up Culpepper always
dreamed of restoring and owning an old plantation home. In 2017 he would purchase what had become
known to most locals as the “Old Shadows House”. This once run down and neglected property is
located in Dubberly off Hwy 531. It has
taken about one and a half years to restore the house to the showplace of a
home and wedding venue that it is today.
Much attention to detail has taken place to keep things as they were
while at the same time making it a wonderful place to call home for
Culpepper.
This presentation will detail the
harsh environment and daily struggles that early pioneers had to overcome to
settle this area, as well as how the planter class forever changed the culture
and landscape of North Louisiana. You will see how a plantation arose from a
small log cabin and how everything but the hinges and glass panes of the
windows were made and assembled on the plantation.
Don’t miss your chance to hear
an amazing part of North Louisiana history.
The museum events are held in the Media/Learning room at the Dorcheat
Historical Association Museum, 116 Pearl Street, Minden, La. Museum doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with
first-come, first-serve seating. Program
begins at 6:00 p.m., admission is free with potluck desserts and snacks
welcome.
For more information contact
Schelley Brown Francis at 318-377-3002 or visit www.museuminminden.blogspot.com to
sign up for the museum email blast. You can also find the museum on Facebook as
a group and a page. To learn more about Webster Parish’s rich history visit the
Dorcheat Historical Association Museum located at 116 Pearl Street in Minden.
Museum hours; Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (closed from 1-2 for lunch). Open
by appointment only on other days. The museum admission is free. Also open for
special tours and rental by appointment.
