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1.8 d. New State Capitol
The current Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest capitol building in the United States.
The current Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest capitol building in the United States.
Lucky Dogs are sold on New Orleans streetcorners from giant hot dog–shaped carts.
The accordion and rubboard are the lead instruments in this musical form.
Louisiana’s Cajun music has been influenced by a rich blend of musical traditions.
Poverty Point in Louisiana, one of the most significant archaeological sites in in the world, dates to 3,500 years and represents the largest, most complex settlement of its kind in North America.
People of the Plaquemine, Caddo, and Mississippian cultures lived in Louisiana between 300 and 800 years ago during a time known as the Mississippi period.
People of the Tchefuncte, Marksville, Troyville, and Coles Creek cultures lived in Louisiana during the Woodland period.
During the Archaic period, people from the Evans culture built large mounds made of dirt.
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
Alejandro O’Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1769 to 1770.
The Code Noir provided rules for how colonists treated enslaved people as well as how people of European and African ancestry interacted in French colonial Louisiana.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, several expeditions explored the area that would later become known as Louisiana.
Louisiana native Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general.
During the antebellum period, Louisiana relied on the forced labor of enslaved people to work sugar and cotton plantations.
Two French brothers notorious for smuggling and slave trading also participated in the Battle of New Orleans.
The years between 1861 and 1865 were the most tumultuous five-year span in Louisiana history.
While the oil and gas industry has helped grow Louisiana’s economy, it has also created significant environmental challenges.
In the late 1800s Americans witnessed a period of rapid industrialization and political transformation that drew some Louisianans to the Populist movement.
Born in Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, hair care and cosmetics mogul Madam C. J. Walker was the first African American millionaire.
One of the most destructive storms in Louisiana history, Hurricane Betsy made landfall on September 9, 1965.
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
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