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New Orleans: Age-less Beauty

Posted: Nov 06,2019Tags: bienvilleibervillemississippiNew Orleans cultureNew Orleans Historytri-centennial
While the golden riches of New Spain captivated the attention of early explorers, the dawn of 1682 turned all eyes toward the Gulf as France, England, and Spain set out in a race to colonize both sides of our beloved Mississippi River. Then monarch of France, Louis XIV—for which the Louisiana territory was named—outfitted celebrated […]

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