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  2. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [ 1 ]

  3. Louisiana Purchase Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million (equivalent to $509 million in 2023) [ 1 ] were used to finance the event.

  4. Louisiana Purchase State Park - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Purchase State Park is located at the eastern end of Highway 362, southeast of Blackton, Arkansas, at the tripoint junction of Lee, Monroe, and Phillips counties. It is a 37.5-acre (15.2 ha) parcel of swamp , or forested wetlands, which is remarkably unchanged from the time when surveyors came here on November 10, 1815.

  5. Louisiana Purchase (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana Purchase is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. Set in New Orleans , the musical lightly satirises Louisiana Governor Huey Long and his control over Louisiana politics. [ 1 ]

  6. The Louisiana Purchase was considered a steal in 1803. How ...

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  7. Neutral Ground (Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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    France took formal control of Louisiana from Spain on November 30, 1803, and turned over New Orleans to the United States on December 20, 1803. The U.S. took over the rest of the territory on March 10, 1804. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and opened U.S. expansion west to the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf Coast.

  8. Three Flags Day - Wikipedia

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    A postcard of a painting by F. L. Stoddard of the transfer of Upper Louisiana from France to the United States.. Three Flags Day commemorates March 9, and 10, 1804, when Spain officially completed turning over the Louisiana colonial territory to France, which then officially turned over the same lands to the United States, in order to finalize the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.

  9. Pike Expedition - Wikipedia

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    Historical marker at the site of the Pawnee village visited by Pike in what is now Nebraska. On June 24, 1806, General James Wilkinson, commander of the Western Department, ordered Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, then age 27, to lead an expedition to the western and southern areas of the Louisiana Purchase to map the terrain, contact the Native American peoples, and to find the headwaters of the Red ...