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Stanhope, Carrollton
Contact: Tim Beeland, Carroll Society for the Preservation 1131
Carrollton
When: April 17-18
Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday Tour: 5 antebellum/historical homes, four historic churches, Merrill Building Museum, J.Z. George Law Office Price: $10
Headquarters: Conservative Office on Lexington Street Highlights: l ours are available of the newly restored courtroom of the Carrollton Courthouse built in 1876, train rides on the C&G Railroad, craft show, antique car show, exhibit of Carroll County artists, community-wide church service at the historic tabernacle on the banks of Big Sand Creek
While there: Visit Cottonlandia Museum, Greenwood; Florewood River Plantation State Park, Greenwood; historic homes opened for tour in Winona Antiquities, P.O. Box 146, Carrollton, MS 38917, 601-283-
COLUMBUS
When: April 1-11
Time: Morning tour 10 a.m.-l p.m. (none Sundays); afternoon tour 2-5 p.m. every day; candlelight tour 7-10 p.m. April 2, 6, 8, 10 Tour: 13 antebellum homes Price: $ 15 per 3-home tour; $8 for students through high school; special group and senior citizens rates
Headquarters: Blewett-Harrison-Lee Home, 316 Seventh Street North Highlights: Tales From The Crypt (a dramatic tour of Friendship Cemetery) 7-10 p.m. April 1, 3, 7; antebellum church tours between noon and 2 p.m. weekdays; Cartney-Hunt House (circa 1828), 408 7th Street South, is included as a bonus on Sunday afternoon tours; Annual Pilgrimage Ball sponsored by Columbus Junior Auxiliary April 3; Krewe parade 2 p.m., April 4 , riverboat excursions of the Tenn-Tom Waterway
While There: Don’t miss the Blewett-Harrison-Lee Home and Museum; historical display at the public library next door; Friendship Cemetery, site of America’s first Memorial Day observance in 1866; Sunshine Miniature Horse Farms, Macon; Lake Lowndes State Park near Columbus
Contact: Historic Columbus Foundation, Teresa Fowler, P.O. Box 46, Columbus, MS 39703, (601) 329-3533, or Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1-800-327-2686
White Arches, Columbus
MISSISSIPPI 7A