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New OrleansThe greatest city in Louisiana.
New Orleans is located in southern Louisiana, near the end of the Mississippi River.
New Orleans, on Lake Pontchartrain
Causeway, lake Pontchartrain, La, the longest bridge in the world.
Brown Pelican
Mississippi River
Early New Orleans
• Louisiana was first discovered by Spanish explorers Alvárez Piñeda in 1519, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1528, and once again by Hernando de Soto in 1541.
• New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718 as Nouvelle-Orléans and Louisiana became a French Colony.
• In 1763, Louisiana was returned to Spanish Rule.
History continued.
• Under Spanish rule, New Orleans suffered two disastrous fires.
• The first, the great New Orleans fire of 1788, destroyed 856 buildings on good Friday, March 21.
• The second destroyed 212 buildings in 1794.
Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States in 1803 for 15 million dollars.
New Orleans
• New Orleans became a state in 1812.
• The battle of New Orleans, fought by Andrew Jackson and pirate Jean Lafitte, defeated the British forces on the Mississippi River.
Early New Orleans
• New Orleans was an agricultural state, farming mainly cotton and sugarcane.
• The Mississippi river made New Orleans the largest port in the United States.
New Orleans• Unfortunately, because of
the agriculture, New Orleans became the largest slave port in the US.
• The largest slave rebellion in US history took place in New Orleans. 125 slaves revolted. 2 white slave owners where killed, 95 slaves where hung or decapitated.
Pre-antebellum plantations
Oak Alley Plantation
The Myrtles Plantation, a haunted house
The ghost, “Cloe”, who was killed by her slave master.
New Orleans Architecture
The French Quarter, a famous part of New Orleans
The Cathedral in Jackson Square
French Opera House
Pat O'Briens, Bourbon Street in the French Quarter
Shotgun House
Creole Cottage
The Cabildo, the old Spanish town hall, the site of the Louisiana
Purchase
Tulane University
Loyola University
Xavier University, an all Black college
Bourbon Street, the craziest street in New Orleans
Me at the Bourbon Cowboy
Bourbon Street Awards
French Quarter outdoor flea Market
Lake Lawn cemetery
New Orleans Streetcar, or Trolley
Voodoo Religion
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Parades
Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras High School Marching Band
Audubon Zoo
Albino Tiger
Albino Alligator
Albino Alligator
Audubon Aquarium
Aquarium Tunnel
Largest tank, 400.000 Liters
Alligator gar
Alligator gar
Paddlefish
Mississippi River Levees
Why Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans
New Orleans during Katrina
New Orleans Oil Production
Oil Platforms in Louisiana