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Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ^ⓘ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 20th in land area and the 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). Baton Rouge is the state's capital, and New Orleans, a French Louisiana region, is its largest city with a population of about 383,000 people. Louisiana has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the south; a large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River.

Much of Louisiana's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota, including birds such as ibises and egrets, many species of tree frogs—such as the state recognized American green tree frog—and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. More elevated areas, particularly in the north, contain a wide variety of ecosystems such as tallgrass prairie, longleaf pine forest and wet savannas; these support an exceptionally large number of plant species, including many species of terrestrial orchids and carnivorous plants. Over half the state is forested.

Louisiana is situated at the confluence of the Mississippi river system and the Gulf of Mexico. Its location and biodiversity attracted various indigenous groups thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the 17th century. Louisiana has eighteen Native American tribes—the most of any southern state—of which four are federally recognized and ten are state recognized. The French claimed the territory in 1682, and it became the political, commercial, and population center of the larger colony of New France. After a brief period of Spanish rule, Louisiana was returned to France in 1801 before being purchased by the U.S. in 1803; it was admitted to the Union in 1812 as the 18th state. ( Full article...)

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Richard with the Houston Astros in 1976

James Rodney Richard (March 7, 1950 – August 4, 2021) was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed starting pitcher for the Houston Astros from 1971 to 1980. Richard led the National League (NL) twice in strikeouts and was named an NL All-Star player in 1980.

After graduating from high school, Richard was selected by the Astros as the second overall pick in the first round of the 1969 amateur draft. From the time he made his major league debut with the Astros in 1971 until 1975, Richard had a limited role as an Astros pitcher, throwing no more than 72 innings in a season. In 1975, Richard played his first full season in the majors as a starting pitcher. ( Full article...)

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Baton Rouge ( /ˌbætən ˈruːʒ/ ^ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 ; it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area, Greater Baton Rouge.

The Baton Rouge area owes its historical importance to its strategic site upon the Istrouma Bluff, the first natural bluff upriver from the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. This allowed development of a business quarter safe from seasonal flooding. In addition, it built a levee system stretching from the bluff southward to protect the riverfront and low-lying agricultural areas. ( Full article...)

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Image 1 Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 2Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (from History of Louisiana)
Image 3El Museo de los Isleños (Isleño Museum) in Saint Bernard (from Louisiana)
Image 4Map of Louisiana in 1800 (from Louisiana)
Image 5 Watson Brake, the oldest mound complex in North America (from Louisiana)
Image 6A map showing the geographical extent of the Plaquemine cultural period and some of its major sites. (from History of Louisiana)

Map of parishes in Louisiana by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 8Watson Brake, the oldest mound complex in North America (from History of Louisiana)
Image 9Mardi Gras celebrations in the Spanish Town section of Baton Rouge (from Louisiana)
Image 10 Treemap of the popular vote by parish, 2016 presidential election (from Louisiana)
Image 11Typical dishes of Louisiana Creole cuisine (from Louisiana)
Image 12Entrance to the Bald Eagle Nest Trail at South Toledo Bend State Park (from Louisiana)
Image 13 Saint-Domingue Creoles (from Louisiana)
Image 14National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana, 1938 (from Louisiana)
Image 15Map of the Fourche Maline and Marksville cultures (from History of Louisiana)
Image 16'Signing the Ordinance of Secession of Louisiana, January 26, 1861', oil on canvas painting, 1861 (from Louisiana)
Image 17A field of yellow wildflowers in St. Bernard Parish (from Louisiana)
Image 18Tabasco varieties produced in Louisiana (from Louisiana)
Image 19Spanish Louisiana in 1800 (from History of Louisiana)
Image 20 Honey Island Swamp (from Louisiana)
Image 21 Antioch Baptist Church in Shreveport (from Louisiana)
Image 22 Bogue Chitto State Park (from Louisiana)
Image 23 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, founder of the colony of Louisiana in New France. (from History of Louisiana)
Image 24The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the tallest state capitol building in the United States (from Louisiana)
Image 25View of flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (from Louisiana)
Image 26Modern map of the United States overlapped with territory bought in the Louisiana Purchase (in white) (from History of Louisiana)
Image 27Population density and low elevation coastal zones in the Mississippi River Delta. The Mississippi River Delta is especially vulnerable to sea level rise. (from Louisiana)
Image 28Louisiana's population density (from Louisiana)
Image 29French Acadians, who came to be known as Cajuns, settled in southern Louisiana, especially along the banks of its major bayous. (from Louisiana)
Image 30Map of the Caddoan Mississippian culture and some important sites (from History of Louisiana)
Image 31Cargo ship at the Port of New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 32Mardi Gras Festival New Orleans 1921. (from Culture of Louisiana)
Image 33Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah (from Louisiana)
Image 34 Free woman of color with mixed-race daughter; late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 35 Troyville Earthworks, once the second tallest earthworks in North America (from Louisiana)
Image 36 Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. (from Louisiana)
Image 37Map showing the geographic extent of the Baytown, Coastal Troyville and Troyville cultures (from History of Louisiana)
Image 38A map showing the extent of the Coles Creek cultural period and some important sites (from History of Louisiana)
Image 39Louisiana's flag during the American Civil War, in 1861 (from History of Louisiana)
Image 40 Poverty Point UNESCO site (from Louisiana)
Image 41Aerial view of Louisiana State University's flagship campus (from Louisiana)
Image 42French pirate Jean Lafitte, who operated in New Orleans, was born in Port-au-Prince around 1782. (from Louisiana)
Image 43Consolidated Bond of the State of Louisiana, issued 6. July 1892 (from Louisiana)
Image 44 Louisiana pinesnake (from Louisiana)
Image 45Aerial view of Louisiana's wetland habitats (from Louisiana)
Image 46 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 47A streetcar on the St. Charles Avenue Line in New Orleans (from Louisiana)
Image 48Louisiana Purchase, 1803 (from Louisiana)
Image 49Geographic map of Louisiana (from Louisiana)
Image 50Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (from Louisiana)
Image 51 Capture of New Orleans, April 1862, colored lithograph of engraving (from Louisiana)
Image 52A young African American man in Morganza, 1938 (from Louisiana)
Image 53The Louisiana Governor's Mansion (from Louisiana)

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... that Robin Roberts, later of ESPN and Good Morning America, worked as a reporter for the radio station at Southeastern Louisiana University while a student there?
... that the 2023 election for sheriff in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was rerun after an initial margin of one vote?
... that the East Louisiana Railroad, which removed Homer Plessy from a train, actually did so to help him start Plessy v. Ferguson, an attempt to overturn segregation in the United States?
... that the owner of a Louisiana radio station was killed while in the process of putting it back on the air?
... that Confederate troops under Colonel George Wythe Baylor disabled two Union tinclad gunboats on the Red River in Louisiana on May 5, 1864?
... that officials said this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history?

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