Pictures 3-7 and 3-8.

The reason for the name “Spanish Fort.”  These pictures show what was displayed as the remains of old Fort San Juan, built about 1770 by Baron de Carondelet to protect early New Orleans from attack across the lake. — J. Scordill (upper), C. T. American Art (lower)

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