President Jefferson signed a bill on March 26, 1804, which made the portion of the Louisiana Purchase south of the thirty-third parallel the Territory of...
Category - 19th Century
This correspondence is translated from old German script and reveals life of a German Coast resident. Although rumors were rampant, it appears from this letter...
At the turn of the century, by the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain ceded Louisiana back to France on October 1, 1800. The two countries kept the treaty a...
Battle of New Orleans • Rise of Plantations • Mississippi River Levees 1826 Courthouse • German Coast Influence Spreads Descendants of Early Settlers • Fr...