U.S. envoys sent to Paris to conclude a modest deal to solve a pressing problem instead struck a historic agreement that set ...
A rare Louisiana Purchase document will be on display at the old Louisiana State Capitol for public viewing this spring beginning April 14. Secretary of State Nancy Landry said the “Bought for a Song: ...
State leaders are putting Louisiana's role in American history front and center, just ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary ...
The United States emerged from the Revolutionary War with its independence, but the young nation remained vulnerable to foreign powers. Both France and Spain claimed territory west of the original ...