Lincoln Park was a noted

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from 1902 to 1930. It was located in the city's Gert Town section, on the downtown side of

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between Olive and Forshay Streets (near where

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intersects Carrollton Ave now). It was devoted to amusements for the city's

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population.

History

Lincoln Park was created in May, 1902 when the Standard Brewing Company bought the site from Yazoo and Mississippi River Railroad Company. The

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had already given permission to the brewing company to make a private park on the property if they purchased the land. The Standard Brewing Company fenced in the park, built a large pavilion dance hall behind the Carrollton Avenue entrance, and charged 15 cents for entrance. For several years in the first decade of the 1900s the adjacent block across Short Street was "Johnson Park".

Entertainment

Lincoln Park contained a

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, and featured

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ascensions on weekends. Other entertainment included prize fighting and vaudeville shows. Early

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

musicians such as

Buddy Bolden Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an African American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later c ...

Bunk Johnson Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (December 27, 1879 – July 7, 1949) was an American prominent jazz trumpeter in New Orleans. Johnson gave the year of his birth as 1879, although there is speculation that he may have been younger by as much as a dec ...

Freddie Keppard Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard; February 27, 1890 – July 15, 1933) was an American jazz cornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and suc ...

were heard there, and

John Robichaux John Robichaux (1866–1939) was an American jazz bandleader, drummer, and violinist. He was the uncle of Joseph Robichaux. Career He was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States, on January 16, 1866. John Robichaux moved to New Orleans, Lo ...

's Orchestra was a regular feature.

References

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