Canadian explorer Pierre Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand, one of the founding fathers of colonial Louisiana, served as acting governor of Louisiana between February 1725 and March 1727.
Baroness Pontalba's buildings on Jackson Square changed the haphazard design into a viable public area.
Several Protestant denominations are present in Louisiana with Southern Baptist and Methodist as the most dominant.
The Quapaw Indians, whose four villages were located along the Arkansas River, were military allies and trade partners of colonial Louisianans.
Traditionally served on Mondays in New Orleans, red beans and rice is an economical dish that has become a staple throughout Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.
Shulashummashtabe (Red Shoes in English; Souliers Rouges in French) was a Choctaw warrior, diplomat, and trader whose actions sparked the Choctaw Civil War from 1747 to 1750.
French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, is perhaps best known for giving the region and ultimately the state its name: Louisiana.
Entry describes sagamité, a range of cornmeal-based soups, stews, and porridges with Native American origins that became a common component of French colonial cuisine.
The revolution that began in Saint-Domingue in the West Indies in 1791 and ended in 1804 was the only successful slave rebellion in history.
Louisiana is home to 128 identified salt domes, including the coastal dome now known as Avery Island.
French explorer and commander Sieur de Sauvole served as the acting governor of Louisiana from May 2, 1699, until his death on August 22, 1701.
Slavery existed in Louisiana from its earliest origins as a French colony through the Confederacy's defeat in the Civil War. Slave insurrections, however, were unusual events.
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