Mount Locust on the Natchez Parkway in Mississippi. Original owner, John Blommart’s former business associate, William Ferguson, and his wife Paulina purchased Mount Locust in 1784 and operated the farm until William’s death in 1801. A short time later Paulina married James Chamberlain, an overseer at Mount Locust, and they continued to build the growing farm. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.