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Louisiana's purchase
in 1812 louisiana was bought for 15 million dollars( 3 cents per acre) the louisiana purchase added 828,000 square miles to the U.S. The county had only 13 states Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming. -
New Orleans's First Mardi Gras
New Orleans's famouse Mardi Gras was a custom tranceported from France. Every year thousands of people gather in New Orleans festaval season. There is seven weeks of masked balls, parades, parties.