Moving Companies in Louisiana (LA)

 LOUISIANA

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Here is a brief introduction to the state of Louisiana.

Capital City: Baton Rouge
Nicknames: Pelican State

Population over 4.4 million residents

State’s Flag: Louisiana’s flag, adopted in 1912, shows a mother pelican in a nest with her young, symbolizing the state’s role as guardian of its people and resources.

A land of lazy bayous and raucous festivals, of bustling waterways and good-natured hospitality, Louisiana often seems a world apart from the surrounding nation. It is a state where foreign languages are native and counties are called parishes, where burned fish is a delicacy and funeral end with brass bands playing ragtime and jazz.

Spaniard Hernando de Sow explores lower Mississippi River area in 1541. In 1682 La Salle claims Mississippi River valley for France. He names it “Louisiane,” after Louis XIV. France establishes first permanent settlement at present-day Natchitoches in 1714. Louis XIV rented out the colony to private developers, who tried to turn the swampy land into a source of massive profits. John Law, a Scottish banker with a penchant for gambling, was granted the Louisiana charter by the French government in 1717 and sold stock in the land, boosting the price with fictitious tales of massive gold mines on the banks of the Mississippi. Investors throughout Europe were ruined when the bubble burst three years later, and Law was forced to flee from France in disgrace. During his brief stay, Law did manage to populate Louisiana with boatloads of convicts and other undesirables, who, finding themselves on a mostly male frontier, began clamoring for wives. The colony’s French governor, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, who founded New Orleans in 1718, pleaded with authorities in France to rectify the situation. In 1721 a ship carrying women from a house of correction in France landed in Louisiana. They were greeted by dozens of men in pirogues, escorted to shore, and introduced to eager bridegrooms across the colony. Finally, in December 1728, Bienville was able to welcome a respectable group of prospective brides. These young, educated middleclass women earned the nickname “casket girls” because of the shape of the box each had been given in which to carry her trousseau. Before long, they were married to suitable colonists, and Louisiana moved a step away from the unruly frontier.

In 1762 France secretly transfers Louisiana to Spain. In 1788 fire almost destroys city of New Orleans. In 1800 Spain returns Louisiana to France and in 1803 U.S. buys Louisiana for $15 million. In 1804 Louisiana Purchase south of 33°N latitude is organized as the Territory of Orleans. In 1812 Orleans Territory is admitted to the Union as Louisiana, the 18^th state. First steamboat to travel the Mississippi arrives in New Orleans from Pittsburgh. Andrew Jackson defeats British in Battle of New Orleans, ending War of 1812. In 1838 First Mardi Gras is held in New Orleans. In 1861 Louisiana secedes from the Union; joins Confederacy. Federal troops capture New Orleans in 1862 and than in 1868 Louisiana is readmitted to the Union.

In 1927 Mississippi River floods a large part of the state. In 1935 U.S. senator and former Louisiana governor Huey Long is assassinated by a political enemy. In 1984 Louisiana World Exposition opens on Mississippi water-front site in New Orleans. In 1992 Legislature authorizes riverboat and land-based casino gambling.    

Service industries: Finance, insurance real estate,.

Manufacturing: Chemicals, petroleum and coal products.

Mining: Petroleum, natural gas.

Agriculture: Cotton, beef cattle.

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