with Piron's band, but also did solos and duets with singer New Orleans Willie Jackson. Johnny Bayersdorffer's Jazzola Novelty Orchestra and Johnny Miller's New Orleans Frolicers were also regulars. End of the amusement park Starting in the late 1920s, a project reclaimed land from Lake Pontchartrain, extending the shoreline out away from the old fort. The city's main amusement park became Pontchartrain Beach. In 1938, the location was converted into a public park. The name ″Spanish Fort″ was used because the only thing known about its history at the time was that it had been built by the Spanish. The site of Spanish Fort, mostly a brick ruin, can still be seen along the upper side of the Bayou just back from Allen Toussaint Boulevard, adjacent to what is now the "Floral Park" section of the Lake Vista neighborhood. References External links Photos of Spanish Fort today Amusement parks in New Orleans Defunct amusement parks in the United States History of New Orleans Colonial forts in Louisiana Forts in Louisiana French forts in the United States Spanish forts in the United States Spanish-American culture in Louisiana Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in New Orleans