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Louisiana:
The French explorer Sieur de La Salle, the first to descend the Mississippi to its mouth, took possession "of the country known as Louisiana," and named it for the reigning monarch of France, Louis XIV.

Soon after, it experienced a surge of growth and development as a French colony. It was later purchased from Napoleon I by the United States for $15,000,000.

This most-charming state is rich in French heritage, famed for Mardi Gras celebrations, and renown across the planet for its tasty cajun food, and of course....the city of New Orleans.

Louisiana

The official flag of Louisiana was adopted in 1912. The centered white pelican represents self-sacrifice, and also the state's long-established role as a protector.

Official name: Louisiana
Capital: Baton Rouge
Statehood: April 30, 1812 the 18th state
State nickname: The Pelican State
Name for residents: Louisianians
State motto: Union, justice, and confidence
Abbreviation: LA

Louisiana's Historical Event's:

about ad 1 The Hopewell culture appears in Louisiana.
about 800 The Mississippian culture appears.
1542 Hernando DeSoto explores Louisiana for Spain.
1682 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, journeys down the Mississippi River, through Louisiana, to the river's mouth.
1714 The French found Natchitoches, the first permanent white settlement in Louisiana.
1760s Refugees from Acadia arrive.
1768-1769 The French rebel against Spanish rule in New Orleans.
1803 France sells the Louisiana territory to the United States.
1812 Louisiana joins the Union as the 18th state (April 30).
1861 Louisiana secedes from the Union (January 26) and shortly thereafter joins the Confederacy.
1868 Louisiana is re admitted to the Union (June 25).
1928 Huey P. Long is elected governor, marking the beginning of the Long era in Louisiana politics.
1960 Integration of Louisiana public schools begins at the primary level.
1980 The first Republican governor since Reconstruction takes office.

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