Milneburg Etcetera

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03eb9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Orleans Grandeur</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Orleans Grandeur">home</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mardi_gras.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</A>   |   <B>  Milneburg Etcetera</B>   |   <A HREF="west_end.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" West End">  West End</A></div> <div>   Milneburg Etcetera</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-168/newbeach_1_.wav" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="063de290.png" border=0 width="222" height="297" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"><IMG SRC="0662c610.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></div> <bR> <div> <B>M</B><B>ap above of 1839 shows land developments and promotions. </B></div> <div> <B>However, many people preferred getting out on the water on pilings as shown in 1875 photo at right.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0abf89f0.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="159" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> <div> <B>After the West End 17th Street Canal amusements were blown away, Old Spanish Fort became the next Amusement Park followed by another which lasted just a few years before Pontchartrain Beach (as we know it) became the last on the Lake front other than the one that was at Lincoln Beach for a few years.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Milneburg -- now, the foot of Elysian Fields, was a long time summer weekend entertainment spot where many of the early Jazz musicians played.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0adc39d0.jpg" border=0 width="451" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0764adc0.jpg" border=0 width="586" height="476" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Laugh in the Park, Ride in the Dark</div> <div> Up, Up, and Away on the Zepher</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="west_end.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" West End"><B>Ne</B></A><A HREF="west_end.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" West End"><B>xt  Page</B></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>