A new view: Hustle and bustle of plantation life focus of new history series at Monticello

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You think Monticello, and you think, Plantation, quiet life, gardens, beautiful views. You don’t necessarily think, Industry and commerce center.

“Right now, if you walk along Mulberry Row, the main street through Monticello, it’s very tranquil, very beautiful. But during Jefferson’s time, it would actually have been a bustling city road,” said Lisa Stites, a marketing specialist at the historic home of the nation’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, in Albemarle County.

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