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New Orleans and Louisiana Although New Orleans has never been a typical Dixie city, the word "Dixieland" was coined here in the early 19th centruy. Rare is the visitor to New Orleans who does not wheel out to see at least a couple of the restored antebellum homes that line the Great River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Louisiana rural country.
Other popular day trips are tours of the swamps and bayous that surround New Orleans. Southern Louisiana, cradle of the Cajun population, is decidely French in flavor. In smaller communities along the coast and in the upland prairie, fluent Cajun French is still spoken, although just about everyone also speaks English. French Louisiana, lying amid the bayous, rice paddies, and canebrakes to the west of New Orleans, has become famous in the rest of the country through its food (po' boys and blackened fish) and music (both Cajun and zydeco). Other facts about Louisiana: Louisiana was the 18th state
in the USA; it became a state on April 30, 1812. Major Rivers - Mississippi
River, Red River, Ouachita River, Atchafalaya River, Sabine River Origin of the Name Louisiana
- Louisiana was named by the French explorer Sieur de La Salle in 1682
to honor King Louis XIV (14) of France. |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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