The Camps at Milneburg

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Fishing camps were lined up on the Pontchartrain's shore at Milneburg. This 1880's photograph of a couple amongst the camps shows Smoky Mary billowing over an extension onto Lake Pontchartrain in the background.

Image Credit: Campanella, Catherine. Lake Pontchartrain. © 2007

This file appears in: Pontchartrain Railroad

By Graham Cooper
The Pontchartrain Railroad was one of the first lines completed in the United States. First opening in 1831, and remaining opened uninterrupted for over 100 years, it ran the five-mile length of…