Archaeology at Fort Johnson - 2007

In the late 1920s the state built a "highway" (actually a dirt road) to Fort Johnson and there was a new development: tourists. A new Quarantine officer took over and began sprucing the place up. He had buildings torn down, and others were moved. In 1931 he reported that they had began using their new gas powered Fordson tractor to level the Civil War earthworks to fill in a low area - our project area (link).  It came as a surprise to all when a brick structure was foound under the mound.

As you can see, they moved a big pile of sand! These photos were taken in 1932.

This is the land they filled.

This and the last photo seem to be an attempt at a panoramic view taken from the filled land in front of the Powder Magazine. The two cisterns are near the right edge of the photo. This was taken before the Grice Lab was built.

To keep the tourists out they erected a fence.