Evening star., 1941-01-19

jective. The Vicksburg National
Military Park, with 80 miles of wind
ing drives, is dotted with elaborate
State Memorials to the officers and
men who fell in the campaign. The
park, the actual battle-ground, is
visited by about 100000 persons
annually. Vicksburg's National
Cemetery is known as the darlington
of the South
But there are famous homes in
and around the city, including:
Arthur HOuSe-Built in 1882 as q
bank, now used as home. Doorway
designs and wrought iron balcony
OF special interest.
Ante-Belleum Museum and Prem
tiSS Shrine-Large collection of
Southern Americana. Next door was
the site of the Offices of S. S. Prem
tlSS, Silver-tongued orator and famed
mixer of mint juleps. An old law
office building has been duplicated
from original plans and pictures.
Old Washington Hotel-Ante-
bellum hostelry frequented by James
Polk, Andrew Jackson, jefferson
Davis, Gen. Grant and S. S. Prentiss.
Gov. McNutt Home-Built by an
early governor about 1928.
Vollor Home-An excellent ex-
ample Of ante-bellum architecture.
Jefferson Davis made q famous
speech from the balcony under the
portico.
Branciere Home-Well-preServed
but still bearing scars from a bonn
bardment by Federal troops.
Plain Gagles-(Not open to visi-
tors. Southern adaptation of New
England Colonial cottage, built in
the 1905. Its beautiful and old
wrought iron entrance gate, avail
able for all to see, has been sketched
by many artists.
North House-ItS solid columns
IN front were hewn from cypress
logs, and the house put together
with wooden pegs instead of nails,
Duff Green Mansion-Noted for
its Iron lace" A home noted for
its hospitality and balls before the
war, 1t became a Confederate hos
pital.
Old Court House-Built on a site
donated by the estate of hewitt Wick,
founder of Vicksburg. The original
court house, built after the town
was incorporated in 1925, was
burned. The present structure,
erected in 1858, has cupola, so
prominent at the time of the war
that Union gunboats used it as a
target
Wick House-One of the five Wick
homes. Interesting galleries and
courts.
Ante-Bellum Bank Building-A
large bank before the war. it later
became the Cotton Exchange and is
now occupied by the American
Legion.
Luckett House-A lovely ante
bellum house. with wide galleries.
Large live oak trees shade the court
and contribute toward the quiet
beauty of the place. Occupied after
the fall Of Vicksburg by Federal
officers who lived in quarters up
stairs and stabbed their horses on the
ground floor.
Balfour House-Scene of the ball
so famous in Confederate history,
Christmas eve. 1862.
Lum Garden-Elaborat land
scaped. Scene of fierce hand-to-
hand fighting during the siege.
Another Wick home-Built for a
bride who never occupied it. Mr..
Wick, on the eve of his wedding was
killed in a duel.
Through D Leo Dolan. chief of
the Canadian Government Travel
Bureau, Canada points out that
sportsmen still are welcome to take
IN their equipment except guns
without complicated red tape. A
recent item in the Canadian bud
get, Mr.. Dolan believes, led to the
impression that fishing tackle could
not be taken over the north border
by American tourists. What was
forbidden was the importation of
tackle and other mon essentials"
for resale in Canada, the object
being to conserve American ex-
change for the purchase of war
material in the United States.
Mr.. Dolan said: "Sportsmen may.
as in the past, bring into Canada for
their own use. free of duty or de-
posit, such articles of tourists out
fits or sportsmenS equipment as
they may require. including fishing
tackle, portable boats, canoes. out
board motors, tents, camp equip
ment, tennis racquets, golf clubs,
radios, monographs, musical instru-
ments. cameras, typewriters, auto
mobiles and personal effects.
Guns and rifles also may be
brought in, provided a permit for the