Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana home of the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Hornets is also home to a variety of different people and cultures. Louisiana is my home state and I love it dearly. Louisiana might be poor and ranks in the lower forty in education but it has some very interesting qualities. Our state capital has been Baton Rouge since 1849. Louisiana’s state flag is a pelican feeding its young against a field of blue. Louisiana’s Governor is Mike Foster. The population is about six- million people. Louisiana has sixty-four parishes, and it is the only state with parishes. Louisiana the “Boot”.
Louisiana was made a state in 1812. It is the eighteenth state of the union. Louisiana was a very important addition to the United States, because of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi and the port of New Orleans was a major shipping place for the export and import of major goods. There are five major ports in Louisiana today, which produce b...