Meridian Plantation

In 1933, Meridian Plantation was purchased by Dwight F.

[1] Davis was Assistant Secretary of War under President Calvin Coolidge and Governor General of the Philippines from 1929-1932.

In 1945, Davis died with Meridian becoming the property of Griscom Bettle, nephew to Lloyd C. Griscom of Luna Plantation.

Bettle would also acquire Rose Hill Plantation, a smaller plantation which bordered Lake Elizabeth on its east and also had considerable acreage near Lake Jackson.

Rose Hill would be sold to Ralph Nicholson, former publisher of the New Orleans Item-Tribune and other newspapers.