Captain Thomas Pickles
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Captain Pickles successfully bid to operate the Canal Street ferry franchise for ten years. His first charter began January 1, 1877. By 1894, Captain Pickles owned nine steam ferry boats and operated four ferry systems as he developed a fortune based in urban transit. Another acquisition of Captain Pickles was the Algiers-Gretna mule car charter service.
Courtesy Buhler Family, www.buhlerfamily.net/library/thestoryofalgiers
This file appears in: Early Ferry Service across the Mississippi River
Early Ferry Service across the Mississippi River
Since the founding of New Orleans in 1718, the Mississippi River proved crucial in the city's development as a colonial French and Spanish port. Crossing the river was essential from the outset. The first enslaved Africans brought to the colony…