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Paperback / softback. New. On March 17, 1699, a group of French explorers under Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, were making their way up the Mississippi River from New Orleans when they spotted a red pole on a high bluff overlooking the river. The pole marked the boundary between the hunting grounds of the Houma and the Bayagoula Indians, and the Frenchmen christened it le baton rouge.The name Baton Rouge has survived, despite several attempts to change it, and today it designates the capital of a state whose people, by 1812, had lived under four flags -- French, English, Spanish, and American. Despite its tiny size, the settlement at Baton Rouge was a strategic outpost on the Mississippi River, and a number of fierce contests were waged for its control. In fact, the only battle of the American Revolution fought in Louisiana took place at Baton Rouge in 1779. In A History of Baton Rouge Rose Meyers has gathered, evaluated, and set down the stories, legends, facts, and circumstances of the…
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- Title A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812
- Author Rose Meyers
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher LSU Press
- Date 1999-03-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780807124314 / 0807124311
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.39 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.99 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Gulf Coast
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 75027663
- Dewey Decimal Code 976.318
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