I was born and raised in Buras, Louisiana, 60 miles south of Gretna, Louisiana. My father and grandfather were oyster cultivators from 1910 to the 1950s. Their working camp was located on Mitchell Cut in the Buras bays area. Their oyster leases were in Mitchell Cut and bays Jack, Skip Jack, Cyprian, Coquette, Dry Cypress Bayou and Scofield Bay. They dredged and transferred seed oysters from the…
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