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  Louisiana Folklife: Acknowledgements and Credits
Marcia Gaudet, Ph.D., is a folklorist in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Connie Herndon is a Ph.D. candidate in English with a concentration in folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Terry Jones, Ph.D., is a historian at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
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 ipedia.com: New Orleans, Louisiana Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Louisiana reverted to French control in 1801 after Napoleon's conquest of Spain, but in 1803 Napoleon sold Louisiana (which at the time also included the territory which are now several other states) to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.
The population of the city doubled in the 1830s and by 1840, the city's population was around 102,000, fourth largest in the U.S, the largest city away from the Atlantic seaboard, as well as the largest in the South.
Both of these moves came to be regarded as mistakes long after the fact, and the streetcars returned to a portion of Canal Street at the end of the 1990s, and construction to restore the entire line was completed in April of 2004.
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 Top20NewOrleans.com - Your Top20Guide to New Orleans, LA.
The Port of South Louisiana (which includes the port of N.O.) is based in the New Orleans metropolitan area and is the fourth largest port in the world in terms of raw tonnage, and among the largest U.S. ports for several major commodities, including cement and coffee.
Louisiana reverted to French control in 1801 after Napoleon re-acquired the territory from Spain by treaty.
The population of the city doubled in the 1830s, and by 1840 the city's population was around 102,000, fourth-largest in the U.S, the largest city away from the Atlantic seaboard, as well as the largest in the South after Baltimore.
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 Top 20 Encyclopedia
A community of French fur trappers and traders had existed along the bayou (in what is now the middle of New Orleans) for at least a decade before the official founding of the city.
The Mississippi Delta, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, covers about 13,000 square miles (about 1/4 of Louisiana) and consists of silt deposited by the river, and is the most fertile area of Louisiana.
Parts of the city that are located downtown include the world famous French Quarter (most noted as the central tourist district, with its array of shops, bars, and nightclubs along Bourbon Street), Storyville (now defunct), Treme, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, the 7th Ward, and the Lower 9th Ward.
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 US Postal Markings, Services & Covers
Postal Markings of United States Expositions by William J. Bomar The postal markings, covers, cards, and a few additional items along with brief sketches of 54 expositions from the 1853 New York Crystal Palace to the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.
As this is out own title we will ship to any part of the World by surface mail for this price, edition limited to 450 sets.
Most useful however we must fault this work for not having written description of the marking types, you must decide which type is which based only on the illustrations.
www.pbbooks.com /markings.htm   (4835 words)

  
 Patricia Whitty - Bibliography
Franklin Mint Almanac, Louisiana World Exposition, Roger Green, p.
Arts Quarterly, The Power of Space, Corporate Pursuit in the Fourth Dimension, Mart Lussier, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983
The Courier, The Johnson-Whittys, Artists for the Seventies, Suzanne Josclyn Fosberg, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp.
www.patriciawhitty.com /bibliography.htm   (309 words)

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