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Scene Typical to Southern Louisiana.
When Napolean Bonaparte convinced
the French Government that the area known as Louisiana was not
going to be practical for the French Government to own, defend
or maintain, it was sold in 1803 to the United States for 15 million
dollars, approximately 4 cents per acre! This doubled the size
of the US and its possessions.
In 1803, Louisiana included all
or parts of the following:
| Louisiana |
South Dakota |
Minnesota |
| Arkansas |
Nebraska |
Oklahoma |
| Missouri |
Kansas |
Colorado |
| Iowa |
Wyoming |
Montana |
| North Dakota |
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It became a state in 1812. Today,
Louisiana is bordered on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the
east by the state of Mississippi and Texas is to its west. The
northern border is with Arkansas.
If you're planning to visit Louisiana without,
at least accidentally, bumping
into a festival of some sort, you may be going to the wrong place!
Ranging from the most family oriented to the wildest blowout of
all time, New Orleans' Mardi Gras, a person could probably wreck
his or her physical health by just trying to keep up with them.
Generally speaking, the people of Louisiana know how to have fun
and they'll prove it! Just give them a reason to party - I dare
ya! There are festivals for crawfish (Breaux Bridge), dolls (Deridder)
and omelettes (see below) and the list goes on. Oh, and there's
one more thing - food. At most of the festivals in Louisiana,
the best food can be expected. You will love Louisiana!
FESTIVALS:
GIANT
OMELETTE FESTIVAL - ABBEVILLE:
In November of each year, the city of Abbeville, Louisiana has
its Giant Omelette Festival, which usually involves about 5,000
eggs, a twelve-foot frying pan and between fifty and a hundred
pounds of other ingredients. Around that time of year, it isn't
uncommon to see some very tired and stressed out chickens around
Abbeville! To get there, travel south from Lafayette on LA Hwy.
167 for about 20 miles to Abbeville. The road will dead end at
Hwy. 14. Turn left and go three blocks to Magdalen Square.
MARDI
GRAS - NEW ORLEANS
MARDI
GRAS - BATON ROUGE
CRAWFISH
FESTIVAL - BREAUX BRIDGE
CONTRABAND
DAYS - LAKE CHARLES
BLUEBERRY
FESTIVAL - MANSFIELD
LOUISIANA
DOLL FESTIVAL - DERIDDER
ANNUAL
FROG FESTIVAL - RAYNE
GHOST TOWNS: To learn about Louisiana
ghost towns, visit Ghosttowns.com.To
see a side of New Orleans that you may not have known about,
go Beyond
Bourbon Street. This historic old city has so much
more to offer than Mardi Gras and the French Quarter.
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