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According to historian Addison Erwin Sheldon, the French knew of the Otoe and Missouri tribes in Nebraska as early as 1673. [2] In 1682, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the area first when he named all the territory drained by the Mississippi River and its tributaries for France, naming it La Louisiane ().
The influence of those of French ancestry on Louisville, Kentucky, USA and the surrounding area, especially New Albany, Indiana, began in the 18th century. The city was named for King Louis XVI of France. Before Louisville was established, the site was once home to a French outpost called La Belle. [1]
The Jewel Box consists of 16,664 square feet (1,548.1 m 2) of plate glass in over 4,000 panes, set in wood and wrought iron supports. The unconventional, cantilevered, vertical glass walls rise 50 feet high. Most of the glass is framed by copper with a verdigris patina. The Jewel Box is supported by eight fixed arches carrying the structure's ...
This quickly expanding drive-thru coffee chain is expected to open another location on June 17 in St. Matthews. 7 Brew, which has several stands in the Louisville area, is known for building its ...
Want to vote in The Courier Journal's Starch Madness? Check out the 16 restaurants in the first round.
Twenty years ago, the future of downtown Louisville, Kentucky's Whiskey Row was hard to see. The block-long stretch of historic buildings dating back to the mid-to-late 1800s was largely empty ...
In the first part of the 18th century, French explorers and fur traders began to enter the plains west of the Missouri River, which they claimed as Louisiana.In 1714, Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont became the first colonial explorer known to have reached the mouth of the Platte River, although other French traders may have visited the area and lived among the Indians. [2]
Rock Bottom: A History of Florence, Nebraska by Adam Fletcher Sasse, Olympia, WA: CommonAction, 2024. Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams , New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Jensen, M. (1999) The Fontenelle and Cabanné Trading Posts: The History and Archeology of Two Missouri River Sites, 1822-1838 , Nebraska State ...