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Mr. Brown owns 85 acres of land and raises other fruits besides, being engaged in truck farming. (SCE 05/20/1893) Brown, Mr. and Mrs.,: A pleasant tally-ho ride and party to Brown's vineyard was given Monday evening. Those present were Mrs. Wm. A. Scholl and daughters, Mrs. Thomas Green and son, Mrs. H. Moreau, Mrs. Jacob Maus, Mr. and Mrs. G. Muller and children, Miss O'Hara, Miss Zenobia Belden, Miss Eugenia Belden and the writer. The party was hospitably received by Mr. and Mrs. Brown. (SCE 8/19/1893) BROWN'S VINEYARD. Located near present junction of OST and Hwy 90. Main buildings stood approximately where Lil Ray's Restaurant stands. F. W. Brown and later his son Albert C. Brown, owners, from about 18 65. Scuppernong champagne. This was the old Giacomo Monti homesite. Also, during the Civil War, it was used as a military hospital/home.
Frederick W Brown and his wife Anna came from Germany via New Orleans to Bay St. Louis-Waveland in the early I860's. In March 1867 they purchased a plot of land from Loranzo Corte in Sect 34, Township 8, Range 145 West in Hancock County. Included in this sale was live stock, mules, cows, hogs, farming utensils and a house with furniture.
It had been a business of Mr. Brown's to make wine and on this location he also added the machines and the equipment to make the wine which was to become famous all over the United States.
In 1912 Frederick and Anna added to their property holding 43 more acres which they bought from A. A. McCue. This property ran to Nicholson Avenue and back to the highway where the Old Spanish Trail and Highway 90 intersect. At this location they planted Scuppernog Grape vines on approximately 15 acres of their land. As the vines grew arbors approximately ten feet square and eight feet high and about 10 feet apart were erected under which visitors could walk and pick grapes.
Brown's Vineyard soon became a one family garden spot of beauty located near the pine woods some five miles from Bay St. Louis. Mr. Brown's wine soon became popular and the Scuppernong Champagne Wine was served with the bread that was made by Anna. By 1905 Tally-Ho wagons with a double team of horses would carry hotel guests of the Pickwick, Tulane and the Clifton Hotels to eat the bread, drink the wine and dance.
Upon arrival at the vineyard, guests could view a pen which had three alligators. It is told that a resident who was a butcher would bring the alligators scraps of meat and when his truck would drive into the gate the alligators would know he was there and would be waiting for him to feed them.
As the guests entered the house, there was a large