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2. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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   e. The Louisiana Purchase ( French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [1] In return for fifteen million dollars, [a] or ...

3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana

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   This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of Louisiana's 64 parishes . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of ...

4. Belle Grove Plantation (Iberville Parish, Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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   Private. Belle Grove, also known as Belle Grove Plantation, was a plantation and elaborate Greek Revival and Italianate -style plantation mansion near White Castle in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1857, it was one of the largest mansions ever built in the Southern United States, surpassing that of the neighboring Nottoway, today ...

5. List of plantations in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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   Had been Francis Routh's cotton plantation; and the land is now part of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. [4] 82000469. Ardoyne Plantation House. November 1, 1982. Houma. Terrebonne. 80004476. Arlington Plantation.

6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Pointe ...

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   2217 Louisiana Highway 977. 30°32′19″N 91°32′43″W. /  30.538611°N 91.545278°W  / 30.538611; -91.545278  ( Valverda Plantation House) Maringouin vicinity. Located in Pointe Coupee Parish but with an Iberville Parish mailing address. 32. White Hall Plantation House. White Hall Plantation House. May 26, 1977.

7. Vermilion River (Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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   The Vermilion River (or the Bayou Vermilion, French: Rivière Vermilion) is a 70.0-mile-long (112.7 km) [2] bayou in southern Louisiana in the United States. It is formed on the common boundary of Lafayette and St. Martin parishes by a confluence of small bayous flowing from St. Landry Parish, and flows generally southward through Lafayette and ...