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The history of the area that is now the U.S. state of Louisiana, can be traced back thousands of years to when it was occupied by indigenous peoples.The first indications of permanent settlement, ushering in the Archaic period, appear about 5,500 years ago.
John Sidney Garrett (1921–2005), former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Claiborne Parish; Jim Garrison (1921–1992), former New Orleans district attorney; later a state judge; Robert T. Garrity Jr. (born 1949), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Jefferson Parish; Kevin Gates (born 1986), rapper
Louisiana History 38#3 (1997), pp. 287–308. online; De Jong, Greta. A different day: African American struggles for justice in rural Louisiana, 1900-1970 (U of North Carolina Press, 2002) online. De Jong, Greta. "" With the aid of God and the FSA": The Louisiana Farmers' Union and the African American freedom struggle in the New Deal era."
This is a list of the colonial governors of Louisiana, from the founding of the first settlement by the French in 1699 to the territory's acquisition by the United States in 1803. The French and Spanish governors administered a territory which was much larger than the modern U.S. state of Louisiana , comprising Louisiana (New France) and ...
Louisiana Historical Society. Resources for Research in New Orleans "New Orleans", American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection – via University of Wisconsin, ca.1722-1956; Frontline (2010), "Timeline: NOPD's Long History of Scandal", Law & Disorder, Public Broadcasting Service (about New Orleans Police Department)
See Category:People from Louisiana for Louisiana people. ... Pages in category "History of Louisiana" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
However, Northwest Louisiana has been home to many famous people through the decades. The area, nestled next to the borders of Texas and Arkansas, has produced A-List actors, music legends and ...
Seymore D. Fair, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Mascot, celebrity cartoon character, advocate for animal, people, and planet welfare; Gambit, Marvel Comics superhero ; Marcel Gerard, vampire appearing in Julie Plec's The Originals; Hazel Levesque, previous residence before moving and first death, appearing in Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan