Government, Politics & Law
Adams-Onís Treaty
The treaty that settled the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase was ratified by the governments of Spain and the United States in 1821.
Beauregard
Beauregard Index
Business & Industry
Brotherhood of Timber Workers
An integrated labor union violently suppressed by lumber barons.
Business & Industry
Grabow Riot (Massacre)
Labor union meeting results in death and arrest of timber workers.
History
John McNeese
The namesake of McNeese State University, John McNeese was a late-nineteenth-century champion of public education who led the creation of numerous schools in southwest Louisiana.
Folklife
Leather Britches Smith
The legendary outlaw Charles “Leather Britches” Smith is best known for his armed defense of his fellow union members during the Grabow Riot of 1912.
Geography
Neutral Strip
The Neutral Strip existed outside the governance of either the United States or Spain until 1821.
7.9 e. Neutral Strip
The Neutral Strip existed outside the governance of either the United States or Spain until 1821.
Government, Politics & Law
Sam Houston Jones
Louisiana Governor Sam Jones promised an honest government following the corruption scandals surrounding the Long administrations.
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