The history of the area that is now the U.S. state of Louisiana, can be traced back thousands of years to when it was occupied by indigenous peoples. The...

Purchase of 1803. Due to its complex history, Louisiana had a very different pattern of slavery compared to the rest of the United States. Slavery was introduced...

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States...

Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions...

America 1861–1862  United States of America 1862–present Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn,...

Louisiana Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole, Louisiana Creole: manjé kréyòl, Spanish: cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana...

in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military...

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The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June...

District of Louisiana, or Louisiana District, was an official and temporary United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase...

Louisiana (French: Louisiane) or French Louisiana (Louisiane française) was an administrative district of New France. In 1682 the French explorer René-Robert...

governor of Louisiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Louisiana's state government...

Law in the state of Louisiana is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States. Private law—that is...

Lafayette, Louisiana, and the surrounding area is a mix of American Indian, African American, English, French and Spanish culture. The area is situated...

River, south of Hannibal. Louisiana is located at the junction of State Route 79 and US 54. The former follows the Mississippi River for most of its length...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") is a maximum-security...

Louisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, controlling the wealthy trade center of New Orleans...

The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then...

2004, by a significant margin, the voters of Louisiana approved a state constitutional amendment, Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1, that banned same-sex...

foundation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dates to 1721, at the site of a bâton rouge or "red stick" Muscogee boundary marker. It became the state capital of Louisiana...

Louisiana (Spanish: La Luisiana, [la lwiˈsjana]), or the Province of Louisiana (Provincia de La Luisiana), was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801...

list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic...

Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census. In the 2020 census the city reported a population of 10,659. It is...

The Louisiana History Museum is located in the historic downtown portion of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA, near the Red River. It showcases the social evolution...

Louisianais), also known as Louisiana French, are Latin French people native to the states that were established out of French Louisiana. They are commonly referred...

French Louisiana (French: Louisiane française, Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn françé) refers to two distinct regions: First, to historic French Louisiana, comprising...

North Louisiana History is an academic journal published twice annually in Shreveport, Louisiana by the North Louisiana Historical Association (NLHA)...

and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 population was 22,166. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region...

The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (French: paroisses, Spanish: parroquias) in the same manner that Alaska is divided into boroughs...

The Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society (LGHS) is a genealogy and history society for the State of Louisiana headquartered in Baton Rouge. LGHS...