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History of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to about 8000 BC based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [ 1] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the 4th millennium BC. [ 2]
Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætən ˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; [ 4] it is the seat of Louisiana's most ...
1842 – Democratic Advocate newspaper begins publication. [4] 1849 – Baton Rouge becomes capital of Louisiana. [3] 1850 – First Capitol building constructed. [7] 1852 – Louisiana Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind [8] and Magnolia Cemetery established. 1860 – Andrew Lytle photography studio in business.
The Old Louisiana State Capitol, also known as the State House, is a historic government building, and now a museum, at 100 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. It housed the Louisiana State Legislature from the mid-19th century until the current capitol tower building was constructed from 1929-32.
Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) / 30.4510; -91.1676. Cdre. David D. Porter. Map depicting Louisiana and approaches to New Orleans as depicted during the Civil War. [ 2] Map depicting Battle of Baton Rouge, August 5th 1862. [ 3] The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish ...
List of magistrates, mayors, and mayor-presidents. Below is a list of Baton Rouge's chief executives—magistrates from 1818 to 1846, [ 27][ 2] mayors from 1846 to 1949, and mayor-presidents from 1949 to present. The town magistrate was an appointive office, determined from within the elected five-member board of selectmen. [ 2]
State (s) Louisiana. Date apprehended. May 27, 2003. Derrick Todd Lee (November 5, 1968 – January 21, 2016), also known as The Baton Rouge Serial Killer, was an American serial killer who, from 1998 to 2003, terrorized the areas surrounding Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana, by committing the murders of at least seven women. [ 1]
Southern University andA&M College. / 30.524674°N 91.190034°W / 30.524674; -91.190034. Southern University and A&M College ( Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a member ...