Day One Traveling into the area, your first stop should be at the Tobacco Farm Life Museum for some first hand exploration of the lifestyle and activities of a farm family during the early 1900’s. Exhibits at the museum, which were developed under the guidance of a museum director who grew up on a tobacco farm, include illustrations of the production of tobacco from seed to market. You’ll learn about the various methods of planting, handling, curing and selling tobacco and explore a tobacco farmer’s home from kitchen to the bedroom. A general store, country church, one room schoolhouse and authentic hand cut log barn and strip room with farm implements under the shed and in the barnyard round out the presentation. The Clarksville Regional Museum is dedicated to illustrating the local heritage and culture of the Clarksville area. Displays include a tobacco room, a Buffalo Lithia Springs Room, and a typical sewing room, along with a collection of arrowheads and antique agricultural implements. Moving now to Halifax County, you’ll be on your way to Berry Hill Plantation (now Berry Hill Inn) where you can marvel at one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Virginia. As you travel up the tree-lined drive, you’d almost expect Scarlett O’Hara to slip through the massive columns and glide down the stairs to meet you. The massive eight-columned house, built in 1842, is a quintessential southern antebellum mansion. It was also the seat of one of the most successful tobacco plantations in the region. Previous owners of the property included Colonel Edward Carrington who fought alongside General Nathanael Greene in the Revolutionary War. Most recently, Berry Hill was meticulously restored to its original pre-Civil War grandeur after being abandoned for 50 years. Berry Hill Plantation is located on the River Road Scenic Byway, a route that still takes you past a variety of plantations and tobacco fields. During the 18th century River Road was part of main stage route between New York and New Orleans and the principal road from Halifax Court House to Danville. Berry Hill is a reflection of the wealth that was once centered here during the antebellum era. Once in South Boston, we’ll direct you to the Halifax County Visitors Center, now located in the restored Prizery. The building was named for the process of tobacco being pressed or “prized” into hogsheads for shipment. Carved out of a 19th century tobacco warehouse, the most interesting and handsome of the industrial buildings in downtown South Boston with an Italianate tower, The Prizery is more than a welcome center. It is also a community and fine arts center with a 425 seat theater and exhibits highlighting Halifax County’s tobacco and river transportation heritage. A new exhibit currently in development, “The Crossing of the Dan,” traces the route of Lord Cornwallis in 1781 as he led British troops from Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, to the Dan River while pursuing General Nathanael Greene and the Americans. The journey ultimately led to Yorktown and Cornwallis’ surrender, effectively ending the American Revolution. Your accommodations for this evening are in South Boston, to have you well positioned for a short trip into North Carolina tomorrow. Choice of Accommodations for night one: Holiday Inn Express: Stay at this well located, well priced property in South Boston, Virginia. Oak Grove Plantation Bed and Breakfast: Enjoy this 1820s grand antebellum home located on over 400 acres. Inn at Berry Hill: Experience the incredible elegance of this National Historic Landmark located on 650 acres which merges technological innovation with a meticulous architectural restoration.