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Petit Caporal is the oldest existing shrimp boat in Louisiana. Built around 1854, the boat was first operated by sails, then became the first motorized vessel of the area in 1902. It is on display in Golden Meadow (pop. 2,193).

first appeared: 2/17/2002

In south Louisiana, where the French influence remains strong, the announcer at Lafayette’s Evangeline Downs racetrack shouts “Ils sont partis!” instead of “They’re off!”

first appeared: 2/10/2002

In the 1760s, German farmers were given land along the Mississippi River to entice them to the area. One town was named Des Allemands (pop. 2,500), French for “Germans.”

first appeared: 2/3/2002

The pelican on the state flag is white, one of two types found in Louisiana. The more abundant Eastern Brown Pelican (the state bird) is featured on the state seal.

first appeared: 1/27/2002

Los Adaes near Many (pop. 2,889) is where a mission was built by the Spanish in 1717 and a fort was established in 1721. Now a state historic site, the fort served as the capital of the Spanish Province of Texas from 1721 to 1773.

first appeared: 1/20/2002

Sen. Dudley J. LeBlanc was born in Youngsville (pop. 1,195) in 1894. His claim to fame was the invention of Hadacol, a tonic of 12 percent alcohol, guaranteed to cure all ills.

first appeared: 1/13/2002

The Monroe home of Joseph Biedenharn—the first bottler of Coca-Cola in 1894—features antiques, Coca-Cola memorabilia, and other rare furnishings.

first appeared: 1/6/2002

Honey Island Swamp near Slidell (pop. 25,695) is one of the country’s least altered river swamps. The 250-square-mile area is home to alligators, bears, deer, eagles, nutrias, owls, and other wildlife.

first appeared: 12/30/2001

W.H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum in Jennings (pop. 10,986) houses the entire inventory of a rural general store that closed more than 40 years ago. The collection includes toys, period fashions, and school supplies.

first appeared: 12/23/2001

The 1800 Kent Plantation House in Alexandria is believed to be the oldest standing structure in central Louisiana.

first appeared: 12/16/2001

Tallulah (pop. 9,189) was the site of the U.S. Department of Agriculture station that studied the boll weevil and how to exterminate it. It was here that airborne crop dusting equipment was developed successfully in 1922.

first appeared: 12/9/2001

Vermilionville in Jefferson Davis Parish is a living history village and museum, bringing to life the days of Cajun and Creole settlers from the mid-1700s to the late 1800s. The museum features native crafts, music, and dance.

first appeared: 12/2/2001

Germantown Colony near Minden (pop. 13,027) was established in 1835 by German immigrants and thrived for three decades. The commune was restored as a museum in 1975.

first appeared: 11/25/2001

Established in 1899, the town of Fisher (pop. 268) in Sabine Parish was named for lumberman Oliver Williams Fisher. The town structures were built entirely of local lumber, including unique wooden sidewalks.

first appeared: 11/18/2001

The 1911 First United Methodist Church in Columbia (pop. 477) was patterned after a Scandinavian church, with plans brought from Europe by a church member.

first appeared: 11/11/2001

The Badin Roque House in Natchitoches Parish is a pole-frame structure with walls made of bousillage—clay and Spanish moss or deer hair. It is one of only five surviving examples of its type in the country.

first appeared: 11/4/2001

Shreveport is named for Henry Miller Shreve, a steamboat captain who in the 1830s cleared a logjam stretching 165 miles along the Red River, opening it to commerce.

first appeared: 10/28/2001

In 1863, Louisiana merchants Horace Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson built a submarine—the Hunley—which in 1864 sank a Union ship in the Charleston, S.C., harbor, making it the world’s first submersible vessel to sink an enemy ship during wartime.

first appeared: 10/21/2001

Spread across seven parishes, the Kisatchie is the state’s only national forest. Unlike many other national forests, the 604,000-acre Kisatchie is not one large unit but several districts separate from one another.

first appeared: 10/14/2001

In the 1880s, Chef Donat Pucheu of Rayne (pop. 8,552) started selling bullfrogs to New Orleans restaurants. Soon Rayne, the “Frog Capital of the World,” boasted a lucrative business exporting frogs to restaurants in many states.

first appeared: 10/7/2001

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