... state and I love it dearly. Louisiana might be poor and ranks in the lower forty in education but it has some very interesting qualities. Our state capital has been Baton Rouge since 1849. Louisiana's state flag is a pelican feeding its young against a field of blue. Louisiana's Governor is Mike Foster. The population is about six- million people. Louisiana has sixty-four ... . Mardi- Gras is the time of year when people can let their hair down and get naked in the streets. Louisiana has eight metropolitan areas. They are New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Houma-Thibodaux, ...

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... under arrest she was forced to confess through torture. She was forced to sign an affidavit saying that she acquired the poison while visiting her sister and Gair in Baton Rouge. A young black man, John George gave the poison to her, and she was told to poison Dr. Sanders by orders of Ray and Gair. Dr. Sanders went before a magistrate to ... and how Gair was behind it. An arrest warrant was put out for John Gair and a posse rode out to arrest him. As the posse was riding back from Baton Rouge, it was met by a armed gang on horseback who unarmed the posse and captured the prisoner from t...

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... when we started to head out of the city. As soon we reached the interstate, there was heavy traffic. It took us two or three hours to get to Baton Rouge, which usually takes forty-five minutes. An hour later when my aunt called us and told us to follow them so we could be together for the long journey. She ... ...

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... I realized that my help was unnecessary and that he had paid me out of his own pocket just so I could make extra money. On another occasion Neil drove from Baton Rouge to New Orleans to bring me a bag that I had left at his apartment. That incredible favor is yet another example of the generosity he has shown me throughout my life ... ...

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... of Mardi Gras? The expression Mardi Gras comes from the French meaning, Fat Tuesday. There are many parades that roll through all parts of Louisiana, some as far as Baton Rouge. The colorful worlds of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology are the sources of nearly half of the krewe names for the parades. The colors that represent the carnival are also ... ...

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