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(Louisiana is, of course, the state whose history forces us to remember our Roman numerals.) Then La Salle continued to the mouth of the Mississippi and repeated the ceremony, burying a brass plate which read, “In the name of Louis XIV, King of France and of Navarre, this ninth of April, 1682.” Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
East Texas is typically sub-divided into three areas: Upper East Texas, Deep East Texas, and South East Texas. The 23-county Upper East Texas region stretches from the piney woods bordering Louisiana and Arkansas to the eastern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It includes larger cities such as Tyler and Longview, and smaller communities ...
Louisiana Oil & Gas Summary. Oil Production. 2.0M BBLs. Statewide Total Oil Production for Dec 2023. Gas Production. 216.6M MCF. Statewide Total Gas Production for Dec 2023. Total BOE (16:1) 5.9M BBLs.
Aug 31, 2023 · Racial / Ethnic makeup of Louisiana. By ethnicity, 248,782 (5.34% of the total population) is Hispanic or Latino (of any race) and 4.41 million (94.66% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic. Please note that all Hispanic or Latino population are shown as one single group and the other racial categories are Non-Hispanic population percentages.
Feb 5, 2015 · Name of Parish: Date Formed: Parent Parish: Progeny Parish: Acadia (old) 10 Apr 1805 Louisiana Territory Dissolved into Ascension 1807, St. James 1807 Acadia: 30 Jun 1886 St. Landry none Allen: 20 Jun 1810 Calcasieu none Ascension: 31 Mar 1807 Acadia (old) Livingston 1850 Assumption: 31 Mar 1807 Lafourche none Attakapas (old) 10 Apr 1805 ...
Apr 10, 2024 · France’s presence in Louisiana ended with this transaction, and the United States later ceded part of the Louisiana Purchase to the United Kingdom in the Treaty of 1818. What does Louisiana use instead of counties? Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which serve as its equivalent to counties in other states.
The county is the home of Alfred University (founded 1836) and Houghton College (1883). The county was created in 1806 and named for the Allegany Indians. The economy relies on services and manufacturing. Area 1,030 square miles (2,668 square km). Pop. (2000) 49,927; (2010) 48,946.
