Spanish Fort and Bayou St. John, Aerial View, 1922

ID: 6540 ~ Source: Historic New Orleans Collection, 1979.325.6309. ~ Creator: Charles L. Franck (photographer) and Nancy Ewing Miner (photographic printmaker)
~ Date: 1922

This file appears in: Archaeological Excavations at Spanish Fort

Black and white photograph taken from above showing Lake Pontchartrain, its intersection with Bayou St. John and the area occupied by Spanish Fort Amusement Park. — Use with the permission and discretion of the source.

Aerial view showing Spanish Fort and Bayou St. John areas as they appeared in 1922. The recently-installed Big Dipper roller coaster (scenic railway) is shown in Spanish Fort Park.

This file appears in: Archaeological Excavations at Spanish Fort

Archaeological Excavations at Spanish Fort

By Staff at UNO's Archaeological Research and Curation (UNO ARC) Lab with collaboration with UNO students

At the junction of Lake Pontchartrain and Bayou St. John, swells of land, ruins of brick, and clusters of live oak trees mark the spot that today is called “Fort St. John.” Otherwise known as “Spanish…