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1934 Spanish Fort Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)

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The French established Fort St. Jean in 1701 on Bayou St. John at the Lake Pontchartrain shore. This page from a 1934 Historic American Buildings Survey gives a brief account of its history but includes no mention of the original French fort. (Courtesy Library of Congress.)  

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