Just across the 17th Street Canal from West End, at Jefferson Parish's East End, the rustic fishing village called Bucktown
developed during the late 19th century. By the early 20th century, wooden camps built on stilts with wide galleries covered
by shingle or tin roofs lined the canal. There were also stores, a schoolhouse, and a jail, as well as saloons, gambling houses,
dance halls and clubhouses for sportsmen. Bucktown's restaurants were notable attractions, serving plentiful seafood from
the lake and wildfowl and game from the surrounding swamps and marshes. Source: Betsy Swanson - at http://www.deanies.com/MM017.ASP?pageno=28
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