Belle Meade Plantation, located in Belle Meade, Tennessee, is a historic plantation mansion whose grounds now function as a museum. Belle Meade Plantation consist of 30 remaining acres and features a winery, visitor's center, original outbuildings including the Harding cabin, dairy, carriage house, stable, mausoleum and a reconstructed slave quarters.
Read more about Belle Meade Plantation: Early History, (1807-1865), Slavery, (1807-1865), Harding Jockeys & Grooms, Head Groom, Bob Green, Civil War, Harding Era Horses, (1807-1868), Jackson Era, (1868-1904), Jackson Era Horses, (1868-1904), Financial Collapse, (1898-1904)
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