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	History of Calcasieu Parish
		Calcasieu Parish was created March 24, 1840, from the Parish of Saint Landry, one of the original nineteen civil parishes established by the Legislature in 1807.
		This parish seat was incorporated as a town in 1857 as Charleston and was reincorporated in 1868 as Lake Charles.
		Calcasieu, which means "crying eagle" in English, is said to have been the name of an Attakapas Indian chief who gave a peculiar cry like an eagle as he went into battle.
	www.cppj.net /history.asp (1773 words)

	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the parish the population was spread out with 27.40% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who were 65 years of age or older.
		Imperial Calcasieu Parish was created March 24, 1840, from the Parish of Saint Landry, one of the original nineteen civil parishes established by the Louisiana Legislature in 1807.
		The early history of the parish dates back to the time of the Spanish occupation of Louisiana, when, in 1797, Jose M. Mora was granted a large tract of land between the Rio Hondo (now Calcasieu) and the Sabine River, known for years as the "Neutral Strip".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calcasieu_Parish,_Louisiana (1879 words)

	Calcasieu Parish Recovery Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Calcasieu Parish sits at the westernmost edge of the state, along the border with
		The parish is closely tied to the oil and gas industry, and is home to many chemical and refinery-related businesses.
		Calcasieu means "crying eagle" said to have been the name of the Attakapas Indian chief who gave a peculiar cry like an eagle as he went into battle.
	devweb.gcr1.com /ltcr/IndParishHomepage.cfm?EntID=4 (384 words)

	Calcasieu Preservation Society - HistoricCalcasieu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Calcasieu Parish was created out of the western part of St. Landry Parish.
		Prior to this time the vast area between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers was know as the "Rio Hondo Territory." It was a disputed area between Spain and the United States in the days after the Louisiana Purchase and served as a haven for vandals and those fleeing the law.
		The first discovery of Sulphur in Calcasieu was in the 1860’s but it did not generate a lot of enthusiasm because of the lack of technology at the time.
	www.charityadvantage.com /Calcasieu_Preservation_SocietyEBWGBX/HistoricCalcasieu.asp (1610 words)

	ATSDR - ATSDR Study Finds Dioxin Levels in Calcasieu Parish Residents Similar to National Levels, LA
		ATLANTA – Calcasieu Parish residents have levels of dioxin in their blood similar to those found in people nationally, says a new study by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
		Calcasieu residents have similar blood dioxin levels to people in Lafayette Parish, the comparison population for the study.
		Residents of Calcasieu and Lafayette Parishes have blood dioxin levels similar to estimates for the U.S. population.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /NEWS/calcasieula031506.html (608 words)

	Beauregard Parish, Louisiana History)
		With the inception of the parish form of government in 1807, the area of Opelousas was called St. Landry Parish.
		The boundaries of St. Landry Parish were not altered until around 1840, when the western portion of that parish was designated as Calcasieu Parish.
		It is bounded by Vernon on the north, Allen on the East and Calcasieu on the south, and Texas on the west.
	www.geocities.com /shelia_burk/history/beauregard_parish.html (1557 words)

	The Toxic Costs of Industries in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
		The Calcasieu Estuary is a 40+ mile-long network of bayous, lakes, and a river that flushes down from the north of Lake Charles directly to the Gulf of Mexico.
		Calcasieu Parish is ranked in the 90th percentile in the United States for all five categories of high environmental releases of toxic chemicals, cancer risk related to toxic releases, air releases of recognized carcinogens, air releases of recognized developmental toxicants, and air releases of recognized reproductive toxicants.(6) See Tables 1-B and 2-D below.
		Tables 2-D and 2-E indicate the high ranking of Calcasieu Parish in the nation and state for significant levels of air pollution that are recognized or suspected reproductive and developmental toxins.
	www.mapcruzin.com /mossville/reportondioxin.htm (6535 words)

	Local Coastal Programs: EMU Cameron Parish
		Calcasieu Lake is the largest of the three lakes and is located in the center of the parish.
		To stabilize shoreline erosion on Calcasieu Lake and the Intracoastal Waterway.
		The West Cove area covers the west cove of Calcasieu Lake, which is located west of the Ship Channel and that area of land west of the lake and east of Highway 27.
	dnr.louisiana.gov /crm/coastmgt/interagencyaff/lcp/parish/cam_emu.asp (5867 words)

	Archived: Early Childhood Education Programs
		The Calcasieu Parish School District is located in southwestern Louisiana, near the Texas border and close to the Gulf of Mexico.
		Because this age requirement varies from parish to parish in Louisiana, participating students are typically four- or five-year-olds.
		The workshops were developed under the direction of the district's Supervisor of Instruction, with teachers and paraprofessionals working together to clarify the roles, responsibilities, and expectations for both paraprofessionals and teachers in the early childhood classrooms.
	www.ed.gov /pubs/Paraprofessionals/calcasieu.html (1484 words)

	Calcasieu Parish Police Jury - Governing Authority of Calcasieu Parish
		The Police Jury is the governing authority of the Parish.
		In the heart of Southwest Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish's rich history combined with a modern, diversified economy and numerous recreational opportunities, make this area a wonderful place to live and visit.
		The mission of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury is to consistently and efficiently provide the highest quality of services to the people of Calcasieu Parish in a manner that is responsive to the will and needs of its citizens.
	www.cppj.net (112 words)

	Calcasieu Parish, LA: Hotbed of the Civil War Jayhawkers
		The Calcasieu region was bordered on the west by the Sabine River, the boundary shared commonly with Texas; on the east by Vermilion Parish and the Mermentau River; and on the south by the Gulf of Mexico.
		Central Calcasieu Parish, where the largest cotton plantations were located, contained the parish seat, Lake Charles, located on the beautiful lake of the same name, then a settlement of 300 souls, but now the commercial hub of Southwest Louisiana, with a current population of about 110,000 persons.
		The ranks and depredations of the parish Jayhawkers increased or decreased in correlation to the extended fighting along the Bayou Teche in 1863 or during General Banks' ill-fated Red River campaign in 1864.
	www.wtblock.com /wtblockjr/calcasie1.htm (2670 words)

	Cameron's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The cheniers in the southern part of the parish are in reality former beaches that, through the activities of nature, have become isolated from the sea by strips of marshes.
		During the 17th and 18th centuries, the territory lying between the Sabine and the Calcasieu, called by the Spaniards the Rio Stondo, or Deep River, was known as the Neutral Strip.
		Vermilion Parish was formed from the southern part of Lafayette in 1844, and in 1870, the southwestern corner of Vermilion became a part of the new parish of Cameron.
	www.cameronparish.net /history.html (2245 words)

	Calcasieu Parish: Louisiana: Lake Charles: Contraband Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Originally occupied by nomadic Attakapas Indians, the area encompassed by modern Calcasieu Parish was first settled by pioneers of European ancestry in the 1790's.
		From the 1790's until 1807, present-day Calcasieu Parish was part of the Opelousas District.
		For much of its history, Calcasieu Parish was a ranching and logging area, and these industries have left an indelible iimprint upon the character of the area's inhabitants.
	ccet.louisiana.edu /03a_Cultural_Tourism_Files/02.1_Acadiana_Parishes/Calcasieu_Parish.html (149 words)

	Two Treasure Sites of Imperial Calcasieu Parish
		While there are two treasure sites near the mouths of the Calcasieu and Mermentau rivers that most likely will never be found, it might be well to identify them in the event the "impossible" just might happen.
		One is an iron safe, containing $9,000 dollars in gold, thrown overboard near the Cameron Parish court house during a battle between Confederates and two Union gunboats on May 6,1864.
		At daylight on May 6, 1864, the entire Confederate garrison from Sabine Pass, including a battery of artillery, attacked the gunboats, shortly before the stolen herd was to be loaded aboard.
	www.wtblock.com /wtblockjr/calcasie3.htm (911 words)

	US v. Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
		This action was brought by the United States against the Calcasieu Parish School Board ("School Board") to enforce the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, etseq.
		Calcasieu Parish School Board, Civil Action No. ______ (W.D. La.), a copy of which is enclosed, you are being offered a monetary award of $80,000.
		Calcasieu Parish School Board, Civil Action No. (W.D. La.), I, Dorenda Turner, hereby release and forever discharge the Defendant Calcasieu Parish School Board, employees and agents, of and from all legal and equitable claims arising out of that action and EEOC Charge Nos.
	www.usdoj.gov /crt/emp/documents/calcascd.htm (1598 words)

	Wilbert Rideau & Unequal Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Using records from Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court's office, the Secretary of State's office, and newspaper archives, the Rideau Project studied murder convictions from the date of the earliest extant records (1889) to 1976.
		Extending the study of Calcasieu Parish to 1976 took the research well beyond the dark days of the Jim Crow South and firmly into an era in which one might reasonably expect to find enlightened progress toward the equitable treatment of African Americans.
		His Calcasieu death sentence was commuted by the governor in 1921, and he spent nearly 50 years in the Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
	www.wilbertrideau.com /justice.html (642 words)

	FEMA: FEMA Flood Recovery Guidance
		FEMA is encouraging local government officials in Calcasieu Parish to adopt a 1 foot freeboard and elevate structures to at least 1 foot above the current BFEs shown on the effective FIRMs for the reasons stated above.
		Until the study is completed, FEMA is encouraging communities within Calcasieu Parish to use the Flood Recovery Guidance described herein.
		This Flood Recovery Guidance method establishes the Advisory BFE necessary for recovery and rebuilding; for Calcasieu Parish, the Advisory BFE is the effective BFE plus a recommended freeboard of 1 foot.
	www.fema.gov /hazard/flood/recoverydata/katrina/katrina_la_cal_g.shtm (947 words)

	Calcasieu Parish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		One of the 22 Acadiana parishes, Calcasieu Parish is located in southwest Louisiana; its parish seat is Lake Charles.
		Calcasieu has a population of 175,364 (1995 est.) and an area of 1,071.2 square miles.
		20.27 percent of Calcasieu’s population is Cajun (1990).
	www.cajunculture.com /Places/calcasieu.htm (172 words)

	Calcasieu Refining Company
		Calcasieu Refining Company is located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel near Lake Charles, Louisiana and in the very heart of the Gulf Coast refining and petrochemical area.
		Built on thirty-three acres on the Calcasieu Ship Channel five miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana in Calcasieu Parish, the refinery is less than one mile from the Intracoastal Waterway.
		Calcasieu Refining Company's financial strength and management expertise are fundamental to Calcasieu's ability to take advantage of opportunities presented to small refiners.
	www.calcasieurefining.com (402 words)

	Calcasieu Parish
		Calcasieu Parish was formed in 1840 from St. Landry Parish.
		Its parish seat, Lake Charles, is on I-10 about 125 miles west of Baton Rouge.
		Calcasieu is bordered by the Louisiana parishes of Beauregard, Jefferson Davis and Cameron; and the Texas counties of Newton and Orange.
	gen.culpepper.com /archives/la/calcasieu.htm (274 words)

	Hurricane Katrina - Informational Handouts < Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 South Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Throughout Louisiana, assessments were conducted at drinking water facilities, of which 35 were in Calcasieu Parish.
		Sixty-eight schools in Calcasieu Parish were assessed; chemicals were removed from 13 of them.
		In southwestern Louisiana parishes, EPA and LDEQ disposed of 2,233,384 pounds of waste as of September 30, 2006.
	www.epa.gov /region6/katrina/parishes/calcasieu.htm (386 words)

	HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE SHALLOW SAND IN CALCASIEU PARISH,LOUISIANA
		In Calcasieu Parish, the Chicot aquifer system yields water from individually named sands including the shallow sand, massive sand, upper sand, lower sand, "200-foot" sand, "500-foot" sand, and "700-foot" sand (fig.
		Total withdrawals of ground water in Calcasieu Parish in 1995 by category of use were as follows: industry, 69 Mgal/d; public supply, 22 Mgal/d; rice irrigation, 11 Mgal/d; power generation, 7.8 Mgal/d; aquaculture, 2.9 Mgal/d; and rural domestic, 2.1 Mgal/d (Lovelace and Johnson, 1996).
		Organic contaminants are present in the shallow sand in some areas of Calcasieu Parish.
	la.water.usgs.gov /proposals/shallow.html (1725 words)

	Calcasieu Parish Page Locale
		Southwest Louisiana has four delightful museums depicting the history of Old Imperial Calcasieu Parish, the famous Sulphur Mines, and the DeQuincy Railroad, plus a museum especially for children.
		The land area is 1071.2 square miles (685570 acres); the water area is 23.2 square miles (14858 acres).
		Calcasieu Parish is located at latitude 30.23 degrees North, longitude 93.36 degrees West.
	www.lapage.com /parishes/calca.htm (218 words)

	Calcasieu Parish, LA – 1920 Census
		Calcasieu Parish was formed out of St. Landry Parish on 24 March 1840.
		As Imperial Calcasieu Parish it originally contained, besides Calcasieu, what are now Allen (1913), Beauregard (1913 from ward 6), Cameron (1870 from Calcasieu and Vermilion), and Jefferson Davis (1913) Parishes.
		Below are all the Pitre occurrences within the 1920 census of Calcasieu Parish.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /pitretrail/Louisiana/LA1920/Calcasieu.htm (516 words)

	Calcasieu Parish Information
		While Calcasieu Parish offers all of the business amenities and services which appeal to commercial establishments, it also affords its residents a high quality of life with good schools, low crime rates and abundant recreational opportunities.
		Most people know Calcasieu Parish (county) as a community between industrial centers along the Mississippi River to the north and City to the south.
		While the parish is home for many commuters, Calcasieu Parish provides an excellent location for lighter industries that convert the raw materials produced in those areas, such as seafood processing and petrochemical products.
	www.enlou.com /parishes/calcasieu-parish.htm (212 words)

	Police Jury - About the Parish
		Beauregard Parish is located in what was originally the northwest corner of Opelousas County, created in 1806 as a division of the Territory of Orleans.
		The movement to create Beauregard Parish began in 1908 when a group of men from DeRidder, Sugartown and Merryville met over what was the Ideal Drug Store.
		On Oct. 15, Beauregard Parish citizens voted for the permanent seat of the parish.
	www.beauparish.org /policejury (364 words)

	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana LA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Calcasieu Parish is one of 64 parishes in Louisiana.
		The parish is in the Lake Charles metro area.
		This was an increase of.75% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3284 (681 words)

	Calcasieu Parish Schools, Lake Charles School District, Louisiana Schools
		Calcasieu Parish Schools Every community strives to achieve the goal of excellence in its educational program, and Lake Charles is no exception.
		Calcasieu Parish and Lake Charles are very proud of their scholastic system.
		Public support of the 1 1/2 cents sales tax dedicated to schools has allowed Calcasieu Parish to hire an additional 60 teachers beyond the state minimum allotment and to increase technology support to fund computers and networking opportunities.
	www.eramoffett.com /schools.html (1091 words)

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