Louisiana was named by the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle in honor of Louis XIV in 1682.
Louisiana is the only state whose legal system is based on Roman, Spanish, and French civil law as opposed to English common law.
Alexandria is a city in Louisiana, U.S.A.; it is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state.
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Louisiana has seven U.S. Congressmen, five of which are (A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas) Republicans, two of which are (A member of the Democratic Party) Democrats.
Louisiana is the only state whose legal system is based on Roman, Spanish, and French (The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation) civil law as opposed to English (A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws) common law.
Louisiana is unique among U.S. states in using a (A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner) runoff in state, local, and congressional elections.
Even Louisiana residents who are familiar with the upper sandy creek-like nature of the Tickfaw River, or the lower stretches where the river broadens and flattens into a tital waterway, will not recognize this narrow, twisting section of the river.
The Natalbany and Tickfaw rivers were used to transport cotton and timber to New Orleans.
Tickfaw State Park is a unique 1200-acre park located along three miles of the Tickfaw River.
