Editing Kenner, Louisiana (section)

==History==
In 1855, Kenner was founded by Minor Kenner on land that consisted of three plantation properties Oakland, Belle Grove and Pasture that had been purchased by the Kenner family. At the time, all land north of what is now Airline Highway was swampland.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

In Kenner on [[1870 in sports#Boxing|May 10, 1870]], "Gypsy" [[Jem Mace]] defeated [[Tom Allen (boxer)|Tom Allen]] for the heavyweight championship of the [[bare-knuckle boxing]] era; a monument marks the spot near the river end of Williams Boulevard.

From 1915 to 1931, a [[Streetcars in New Orleans|New Orleans streetcar]] line operated between New Orleans and Kenner. The line ran between the intersection of [[Rampart Street|Rampart]] and [[Canal Street, New Orleans|Canal]] in New Orleans and the intersection of Williams Blvd and Jefferson Hwy in Kenner.

Kenner's growth began in the late 1950s when developers began subdividing, draining and filling the swampland in the northern half of the city. During the 1960s, the construction of [[Interstate 10 in Louisiana|Interstate 10]] and improvements to Veterans Memorial Highway aided the rapid development of Kenner as a suburb of New Orleans.

In 1982, [[Pan Am Flight 759]] crashed in a residential area of Kenner when a microburst forced it down.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 December 2011 |title=1982: Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner |url=http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/12/1982_pan_am_flight_759_crashes.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114193702/http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/12/1982_pan_am_flight_759_crashes.html |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |access-date=11 February 2012 |publisher=Nola}}</ref> Eight people on the ground were killed, as were all 145 people aboard the aircraft. Six houses were completely destroyed and five more substantially damaged.

In October 2017, an explosion on the surface of an [[oil rig platform]] in [[Lake Pontchartrain]] north west of the Treasure Chest Casino injured seven people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=report |first=Advocate staff |date= Oct 15, 2017  |title=Lake Pontchartrain oil platform explosion leaves 7 injured, 1 missing; resident describes seeing 'tremendous flames' |language=en |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/lake-pontchartrain-oil-platform-explosion-leaves-7-injured-1-missing-resident-describes-seeing-tremendous-flames/article_452ec35c-b20d-11e7-8e62-eb936ad3d199.html |access-date=2023-03-19}}</ref>