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2 days ago · Louisiana, constituent state of the United States of America. It is delineated from its neighbours— Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and Texas to the west—by both natural and man-made boundaries. The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south. The total area of Louisiana includes about 4,600 square miles (12,000 square km) of inland ...
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3 days ago · Shreveport ( / ˈʃriːvpɔːrt / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4] It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish.
- 154 to 253 ft (46 to 77.1 m)
- Captain Henry Miller Shreve
May 1, 2024 · Shreveport, city, seat (1838) of Caddo parish, northwestern corner of Louisiana, U.S., on the Red River, opposite Bossier City. In 1835 Henry Miller Shreve, a river captain and steamboat builder, opened the Red River for navigation by clearing it of a 165-mile (266-km) jam of natural debris called
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May 1, 2024 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Baton Rouge, city, capital of Louisiana, U.S., and seat (1811) of East Baton Rouge parish. Baton Rouge is a port situated at the head of deepwater navigation on the Mississippi River, in the southeast-central part of the state. The French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville visited the area in 1699 and ...
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2 days ago · The battle was the climax of the five-month Gulf Campaign (September 1814 to February 1815) by Britain to try to take New Orleans, West Florida, and possibly Louisiana Territory which began at the First Battle of Fort Bowyer. Britain started the New Orleans campaign on December 14, 1814, at the Battle of Lake Borgne and numerous skirmishes and ...
- January 8, 1815
- American victory
6 days ago · Louisiana French parishes. The New Orleans Bee, a French and English newspaper. Louisiana Creole ( Kréyol La Lwizyàn) is a French Creole [78] language spoken by the Louisiana Creole people and sometimes Cajuns and Anglo-residents of the state of Louisiana. The language consists of elements of French, Spanish, African and Native American roots.
Apr 26, 2024 · BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The city of St. George will be in the southern tip of East Baton Rouge Parish. Residents have been working to incorporate since 2018, an d a Louisiana Supreme Court ...
