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State of Louisiana

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Capital: Baton Rouge

Largest City: New Orleans

Highest Point: Driskill Mountain 535 ft 

Lowest point: New Orleans -8 ft

Admission to Union: April 30, 1812 (18th)

Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, King of France

Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes

The Louisiana Territory, purchased for less than 3 cents an acre. In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory.

Creole culture is a cultural that takes a little from each of the French, Spanish, African, and Native American cultures

The Acadians were driven from their home in Canada to settle along the bayous of Louisiana

Cajun Hot Sauce Festival in New Iberia

Alligator Festival in Luling

Camp Polk served as a military prison for Germans captured during World War II

"Mardi Gras" is celebrated in New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended

Andrew Jackson a national hero, but not to all

Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the United States

Bayou: French name for slow-moving "river"



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About Louisiana

The state nicknames are Sugar State, Creole State, Pelican State, and Bayou State.

Louisiana is rich in petroleum and natural gas

Louisiana has had more then it's fair share of disasters this past decade with Hurricanes

September 1, 2008, Gustav

September 24, 2005, Rita

August 29, 2005, Katrina

and lately, the BP oil rig sinking

 
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