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Mike the Tiger is the official mascot of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and serves as the graphic image of LSU athletics. Mike is the name of both the live and costumed mascots. He is named after Mike Chambers who served as LSU's athletic trainer when the first mascot was purchased in 1936. [7]
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] Proto- Muskogean divided into its daughter ...
The Hilltop Arboretum at Louisiana State University (14 acres) is an arboretum owned by the Louisiana State University. [1] It is located at 11855 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and open to the public free of charge during daylight hours seven days a week. The arboretum was developed by Mr. and Mrs. Emory Smith, starting in 1929, and ...
From the west, LA 42 starts at an intersection with LA 30 in Baton Rouge near Louisiana State University.It is a four-lane divided highway for 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from LA 30 eastward to an intersection with Highland Road and Siegen Lane in southeastern Baton Rouge.
April 10, 2024. Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [8] The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana has many historic neighborhoods, dating back as far as the early 19th century. Downtown - Baton Rouge's central business district. Spanish Town - Located between the Mississippi River and I-110, it is one of the city's more diverse neighborhoods and home to the State Capitol and the city's largest Mardi Gras Parade.
The long wait for the opening of The Purple Onion in Rainbow City is nearing an end. The restaurant isn't officially open, but has been serving customers. ... The Birmingham-based company ...
NRHP reference No. 80001717 [1] Added to NRHP. December 03, 1980. Mount Hope Plantation House is a historic plantation house located at 8151 Highland Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built in 1790 and it is the only farmhouse of its kind remaining in the Baton Rouge area. [2][3][4] The house was added to the National Register of Historic ...