Breckwoldt, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Robert Vernon, Nov., 2000

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>From "Individual Studies of Place Names in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, James Valsin 
Coumes, Tangipahoa Parish Resource Unit, Tangipahoa Parish School Board, 1972."

BRECKWOLDT

Breckwoldt, once a flag stop on the Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern Railroad, was located 
east of Hammond between Coburn and Robert.  Its name derives from Frank H. Breckwoldt I, 
who came from Germany to Minnesota, where he married, and later moved south to settle in 
the Hammond area.

Frank Breckwoldt II and his widowed mother, Anna, built a hotel on the banks of the 
Tangipahoa River where the flag stop was to be located.  Their venture proved to be 
successful, since their summer resort attracted people from New Orleans and elsewhere.

The hotel and depot are gone today.  The place where the resort was located is now known as 
River Oaks.