Before this year becomes a mere auld acquaintance, we should remember that 210 years ago, in 1812, Louisiana became an official American state. Before that year, Louisiana was the sprawling territory that had been purchased from France in 1803. That transaction included much of the continent’s mid-section between the Gulf of Mexico and Canada and […]
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