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I'm on my phone sorry 171 bridge.....moss bluff was big in kkk there was a sign in the burns

hey hey hey back backi gimma 50 ft away from my house! :*****:


yep that rope swing marsh is now about 6ft deep in areas.

the wooden bridges are now tank cars split in half (culverts)

that said "you are now entering KKK terriorty...Welcome to Moss Bluff" or something like dat"

Same here fool, no patience but is fun when there biting.

yeah thats it also they used to have big meetings on coffee rd

didn't know dat....

When the old 171 wooden bridge was in service(where the boat launch is now), as you crossed the bridge heading North, there was a ice cream stand on the corner. There are metal buildings(businesses) there now.

The old bridge? the one they blew up??


Dad used to tell me stories how they used to go camp on that thing after they tore it down.

That is the one.

That was the Old Town Road Bridge. Wow, I almost forgot about that one. It was a wooden bridge that was very narrow. 2 cars could cross it each direction but if an 18 wheeler came across it he had it by himself. Fool, we were both right on the Ferry's that crossed. I called my brother and asked him about it. He said there use to be one that went from Smith Ferry Rd in Westlake to Perkins Ferry back in the late 40's thru the late 50's. The road was bad on both sides so they decided to close the one that had gone back and forth and made a better pass at Hwy 378. That was toward the end of the 50's or early 60's. The new ferry was just north of the current bridge about 70 yards. I do remember that it did not use a conventional motor and prop to go back and forth but 2 cables that was used to pull the ferry back and forth. If a boat needed to cross the ferry's path the ferry had to release the tention
on the cable and it would drop the cable to the bottom of the river, once the boat passed the ferry pulled tention back on the cable and would pull itself across again.

Adam, I remember the sign very well. I'll discuss more of the sign when we ever meet. There use to be one on the Moss Bluff side of the new Bridge also when it was put in back in the late 60's or early 70's when ever it was put in.

2ndAmendment, As you probley have figured out I was raised in Westlake. I worked at Olin Chemical till 84. They had a big lay off as did most of the plants. With no work in the area I worked here and there and finally decided to join the Navy. I got very lucky and was accepted into the Bio- Medical repair school. After the Navy I went to work for the VA. 20 years later I'm writing a book on Salty Cajun. lol Lots of cool memories...:D

Man you guys are making me want to go set some yo yo's for some sac a lait and cats now!! :)

My paw paw retired from Olin. Retired a looooooong time ago so not sure if you may have known him or not. His name is Ferdie Vidrine. Anyway, I was raised in Westlake as well.

olin turned to MSRC right? Or lyndell?

I knew a Vidrine from school but can't recall the first name.He was also in the Volunteer Fire Dept when I was there. As far as your paw-paw, I don't recall him either, but you never really got to meet people in the other units.

Fool, I think your right, once I left LC area I never turned back. You go to MBHS? Tell the Brad B His Uncle Bryan said hi and wished he was going to Grand Isle with me and his dad next month.

Brad Book?


I go to the Middle school last year in mddle and then ill be up der.

You hung out with W today fool??

Fool works for NASA.

That would be him.

You prolly know my niece. She is Madison Murphy.