Vincent de Ternant received the plantation grounds in a French land grant and developed the 10,000 acres (40 km) into an active plantation (which was added to NRHP on April 15, 1970) facing False River; but when de Ternant's son Claude inherited the plantation, he changed the cash crop from indigo to sugarcane and cotton.
Vincent de Ternant, known as the Marquis of Dansville-sur-Meuse, received the plantation grounds in a French land grant and developed the 10,000 acres (40 km) into an active plantation facing False River. April 15, 1970 When de Ternant's son Claude inherited the plantation, he changed the cash crop from indigo to sugarcane and cotton. 
