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Windsor Ruins
Port Gibson / Alcorn, Mississippi
Built in 1859-61 by Smith Daniell who only lived in the large mansion for a few weeks before he died. The Windsor plantation once sprawled over 2,600 acres. Legend says that from a roof observatory, Mark Twain watched the Mississippi River in the distance.
A Yankee soldier was shot in the front doorway of the home. During the Civil War the mansion was used as a Union hospital and observation post, thus sparing it from being burned by Union troops.
However, after the Civil War, during a house party on February 17, 1890 a guest left a lighted cigar on the upper balcony and Windsor burned to the ground. Everything was destroyed except 23 of the columns, balustrades and iron stairs.
From the Natchez Trace Parkway take Mississippi Highway 552 at milepost 30. Go west and follow the signs.
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Guided Living History Tours:
Half day and full day guided living history tours of Windsor Ruins, Shaifer House and other sites from Vicksburg to Natchez are available for overnight B&B guests at Buffalo Spirit Ranch. Click here for more information.
1 Lower Choctaw Boundary
2 Buffalo Spirit Ranch Bed and Breakfast
3 Rocky Springs
4 Owens Creek Waterfall
5 Grand Gulf Military Park
6 Grindstone Ford
7 Mangum Mound
8 Sunken Trace
9 Port Gibson, Mississippi
10 Oak Square Bed and Breakfast
11 Tuscan Columns Bed and Breakfast
12 A.K. Shaifer House
* Windsor Ruins
13 Windsor Ruins Loop Route
14 The Old Country Store Restaurant
15 Rosswood Planation Bed and Breakfast
16 North Fork Coles Creek
17 Mud Island Creek
18 Bullen Creek
19 Coles Creek
20 Church Hill Loop Route
21 Mount Locust
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