Echoes From The Attic and Poems, ROBERTSON ROAD, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, Jan. 2001
Typed by Belford Carver
Written by by Edna F. Campbell
Copyrighted by Edna F. Campbell
With special thanks to her family for permission to use her works.

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ON ROBERTSON ROAD

HOME IN ENCHANTED SETTING

One of the interesting homes in the Independence area is "Earlmoor", the charming 
residence of Mrs. Prudence Moore, on Robertson Road, Independence.  The two-
columned house lending striking contrast to the background of towering pine trees 
and landscaped grounds, claims historical interest along with natural beauty.

The land on which the house is situated is a portion of the many acres originally 
acquired by Mrs. Moore's grandfather, David Turner Robertson, soon after the close 
of the Civil War in which he fought.  In 1880 this with other land was a portion 
given to Thomas David Robertson.

Mrs. Moore, the former Prudence Robertson, came into possession of the land when 
her father, the late Mr. Thomas David Robertson, divided his estate among his 
eleven sons and daughters.  A request was stipulated that the land that had been 
in the Robertson family for almost one hundred years be retained by the family.

For the past forty years Mrs. Moore has resided in the house she had built when 
returning to Louisiana to make her home.  Adding to the attractiveness of the 
structure are the plants and blossoming shrubs.  Included are masses of azaleas, 
sweet olives, night blooming jasmine, pyracantha and others that reflect a 
picturesque fairyland scene in the spring.  The blooming wooded haven is visited 
by red birds, blue birds, brown thrush, and also rabbits who find a trail in late 
afternoon to feed on the lawn grass.

The southern architectural lines including the massive columns blend with the 
setting, and a long living room opens to the south while adjoining is a spacious 
brick-laid patio.  Blossoming Rosa de Montano lends its color in summer to the 
white walls of the patio.

Distinction is noted in the dining area of the home where two large "family trees" 
suspend.  These trees trace thefamily Scotch and English ancestry back to 1688 when 
the first Robertson family came to America.  Mrs. Moore's great-great-grandfather 
from Virginia fought in the Revolutionary War and was granted large tracts of 
virgin lands in the wilds of Louisiana.

Reminiscent are the days when the large plantation home of Mrs. Moore's parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Robertson, was the mecca for family gatherings several 
times a year.  The unoccupied family residence, across the road, is in a setting 
of pine trees and surrounded by estate acres.  It is on Robertson Road, now a 
state highway.  Three members of the family remain in Louisiana with homes on the 
land they inherited.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, IV, 1969, by Edna Campbell)

(Pic "Earlmoor")