Spartan Field
by Scott Pellegrin
Title
Spartan Field
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
Medium
Photograph
Description
This is an aerial picture of the East Ascension High School football field located in Gonzales, LA. Glenn Dorsey and Andrew Glover are two of the most famous alumni.
Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968. Stephen "Steve" F. Juneau came up with the idea for the Jambalaya Festival and served as the first president of the Jambalaya Festival Association.
Along the road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Gonzales awaits. The town’s name does not originate, as one might imagine, from the Spanish colonial days of Louisiana. Rather, the town was named after a local resident of the late 19th century. With its proximity to the Mississippi River, there are a number of antebellum plantation homes within a short drive.
The story of Gonzales starts in the early 1700s when the Houmas Indians settled along the banks of the Mississippi River. Later that century, Acadian exiles from Nova Scotia led many French families to settle the area. Spain established a colony on the Amite River at the mouth of Bayou Manchac in 1775, constructing a fort at Galvez Town. Early on, residents grew cotton, logged and collected moss and eventually replaced the cotton crop — which was impacted by a disease — with strawberries.
In 1778, Jose Ramos Gonzales arrived in the state to serve at Galvez Town fort. He married another Spanish settler, Maria Diaz. Their great-great grandson, Joseph Stonewall Gonzales, known as Tee-Joe," became the founder of Gonzales.
Gonzales was officially declared a village in 1922, with Tee-Joe Gonzales as Mayor
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January 21st, 2024
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