This website contains excerpts along
with some of the 172 photographs in Legendary Locals of Metairie (Arcadia Publishing, 2013) by Catherine Campanella.
Use the links here to explore a sample
of the book -- or purchase it for an in-depth view.
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Bertha Wallace Bruning and her brother Henry Joseph
"Sun" Bruning are pictured here in West End in 1910. Bertha married Edward Boutall brother of Charles, Lillian,
and Edward. Members of the large Bruning clan with deep roots in Bucktown and West End. Henry and Bertha are great-grandchildren
of Theodore Heinrich Bruning who came to our area in the late 1850s. (Courtesy of Linda Ohrabka.)
Other books by Catherine Campanella:
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book is dedicated to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation's efforts
to rebuild and maintain the historic New Canal Lighthouse.