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Lake Pontchartrain (Images of America) |
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 One of the glories of life on the lake
was the intermingling of generations and the passing down of family legends and lore from the old to the young. Gloria Knower
Pohlmann and her brother Edward (Jake) Knower (pictured above) were such story tellers. Dawn Bowers Benfield tells us about
the camp (below) that was next door to Camp-a-Nella: “My grandparents owned a camp on Lake Ponchartrain which was called
THE OLD GLORY. They sold this camp to the Zanca's sometime in the 40's. It originally was built as a "Play House"…I
remember it was a restaurant when I was 4 years old (1931)…Mr. Zanca was one of her customers…I remember there
was Mama Lou's, The Happy Landing, The Old Glory and the Ruby owned by the Bourda family, all in the restaurant business at
that time”. (Courtesy Dawn Bowers Benfield.) 
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Excerpts from New Orleans City Park (Images of America)
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