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 Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louisiana's French settlements contributed to further exploration and outposts, concentrated along the banks of the Mississippi and its major tributaries, from Louisiana to as far north as the region called the Illinois Country, around Peoria, Illinois and present-day St.
Spanish is spoken by 2.5% of the population, Vietnamese is at 0.6% and German is at 0.2%.
From its time as a possession of France, Louisiana retains a civil law legal system, based on the Louisiana Civil Code, which is similar to (and often confused with) the Napoleonic Code (like France, and unlike the rest of the United States, which uses a common law legal system derived from England).
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 Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Louisiana was named by the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle in honor of Louis XIV in 1682.
The ancestors of Creoles generally came to Louisiana directly from France, Spain, or from the French colonies in the Caribbean and settled in New Orleans or in South Eastern Louisiana.
Since Louisiana is under constant threat from hurricanes, the Louisiana State Police are sponsoring a contraflow lane reversal program in order to evacuate the New Orleans metropolitan area as quickly as possible.
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 Text Only -- National Register of Historic Places Southeastern Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Openings are placed solely for the convenience of the interior, and without any regard for a pleasing architectural effect on the exterior (i.e., producing an irregular schedule of openings).
The largely Catholic population of southern Louisiana was instrumental in the construction of numerous, large Catholic churches throughout this area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In addition to serving in the Louisiana House of Representatives, and as a member of the Confederate Congress, Kenner was appointed in 1865 as minister plenipotentiary by President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, to gain the support of England and France for the Confederacy.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Louisiana was inhabited by Native Americans when European explorers arrived in the 17th Century and settlement and colonization began in the 18th Century.
Louisiana's French settlements contributed to further exploration and outposts, concentrated along the banks of the Mississippi and its major tributaries, from Louisiana to as far north as the region called the Illinois Country, around Peoria, Illinois and present-day Saint Louis, Missouri.
As of 2005, Louisiana has an estimated population of 4,523,628, which is an increase of 16,943, or 0.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 54,670, or 1.2%, since the year 2000.
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 Louisiana Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The rest of Louisiana became a colony of Spain by the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762.
The current Louisiana governor is Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Democrat), and its two U.S. Louisiana has seven Members of Congress: five Republicans and two Democrats.
Louisiana is a state in the United States.
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 Articles - Louisiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Some free fls in Louisiana were themselves slave owners; some accounts say the state´s population of slave-owning fls was among the largest in the country.
Louisiana´s license plates depict a brown pelican and include the motto "Sportsman´s Paradise," which emphasizes the state´s opportunities for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities.
Alcée Fortier´s ´´A History of Louisiana´´ (N.Y., 4 vols., 1904) is the most recent of the large-scale scholarly histories of the state.
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Today, English is by far the main language of everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects and in many place names.
Like the other Southern states, Louisiana is mostly Protestant, however there is also a large native Catholic population in the state which makes Louisiana unique among Southern states.
Many of the freed slaves in Louisiana in turn purchased their own slaves, which led to the state having one of the largest numbers of slave owning fls in America, if not the largest.
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 louisiana - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Louisiana is a Southern state of the United States of America.
For almost 20 years there was only one amusement park in Louisiana, and it was called Hamel's Amusement Park.
Sturdevent, William C. Early Indian Tribes, Cultures, and Linguistic Stocks, Smithsonian Institution Map (Eastern United States).
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 Top20Louisiana.com - Your Top20 Guide to Louisiana!
Louisiana (pronounced /luːˌiːziˈænə/ or /ˌluːziˈænə/) (French: Louisiane, pronounced Image:Ltspkr.png/lwizjan/) is a Southern state of the United States of America.
On August 30, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck and devastated a vast area of the state.
While most of the differences are now found in verbiage,[2] it is important to note that the "Civilian" tradition is still deeply rooted in all aspects of Louisiana law.
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 Louisiana, United States of America Statistics, Facts and Figures from CityBloc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Louisiana, United States of America Statistics, Facts and Figures from CityBloc.com
it is important to note that the "Civilian" tradition is still deeply rooted in all aspects of Louisiana law.
State Pledge: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the state of Louisiana and to the motto for which it stands: A state, under God, united in purpose and ideals, confident that justice shall prevail for all of those abiding here.
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 tBlog - Louisiana
* The Atakapa in southwestern Louisiana in Vermilion, Cameron, Lafayette, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, and Calcasieu parishes.
Louisiana's French settlements contributed to further exploration and outposts, concentrated along the banks of the Mississippi and its major tributaries, from Louisiana to as far north as the region called the Illinois Country, around Peoria, Illinois and present-day St. Louis, Missouri.
Moreover, as in the rest of the U.S., federal law in Louisiana is entirely Anglo-American Common Law, except in the rare case where it deals with an area of Louisiana law that is Civilian (such as property law).
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American soldiers have been using the pictures of disfigured Iraqi corpses as currency to buy pornography.
At Wilson's Web site, you can see an Arab man's face sliced off and placed in a bowl filled with blood.
Another man's head, his face crusted with dried blood and powder burns, lies on a bed of gravel.
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 Best Places For Business - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The best metro areas to launch a business or a career often revolve around universities that offer a diverse, educated work force and, especially when they are far from big cities, relatively low costs.
Such regions--Raleigh, Austin and Ann Arbor among them--are also attractive places to live, judging by the patterns of migration.
How Madison, Wis. became a hotbed of biocapitalism.
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