1970s. By Janis Blair. Tags: #ferry #Ferry Service Ends #parish ferries
The Ferry Inn offered some comfort to the thousands who waited patiently for “the next ferry.” (Photo courtesy of Ruby Reeves) Tags: #Ferry Service Ends...
Courtesy of the St. Charles Herald-Guide Tags: #ferry - preview #ferry
By the 1950s, ferry service had improved with a more modern Luling/Destrehan ferry. Tags: #parish ferries #ferry #ferry - preview
Automobile and pedestrian ferry over the Mississippi River at Luling. Vehicles could cross the river here and at Destrehan, while pedestrians also used a small...
The pedestrian free ferry on the Mississippi River. 1950s. (Source: St. Charles Parish Resources and Facilities publication, 1961) Tags: #parish ferries #ferry
Early ferry service in the 1930s wasn’t always an easy crossing, especially in the spring when the river rose and the river was filled with driftwood. Tags:...
Charles Troxler of Taft and friends in 1936 on the Shell skiff. Many citizens used similar vessels to criss-cross the Mississippi River from east to west banks...
A ferry traveling down the Mississippi River. Tags: #parish ferries #Infrastructure #ferry #Ferry Service Ends #wheels wheels wheels
Bayou foot ferry. Early in the 20th Century. Tags: #parish ferries #ferry #Ferry Service Ends