Louisiana

Slavery and Louisiana. American Juniors runner-up Jordan McCoy, who is now signed with Sean Combs, also hails from San Antonio. There is now a Six Flags in New Orleans East. Syndicated advice columnist Heloise was born in San Antonio and still resides there. For almost 20 years there was only one amusement park in Louisiana, called Hamel's Amusement Park near Bossier City. While not a native of San Antonio, actor Tommy Lee Jones makes his home just outside the city on a 3,000-acre cattle ranch. They still maintain contacts with the Canary Islands, and have an annual "Caldo" festival named for a native dish. Native actors include Carol Burnett, Ann Prentiss, Hal LeSueur, and Joan Crawford.

Many of their descendants remained insulated from the city, and continued to speak an archaic version of Spanish well into the 20th Century. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Josh Davis was born in San Antonio on September 1, 1972, the same day Mark Spitz won one of his seven 1972 gold medals and made Olympic history. Bernard Parish, in the river passes east of the city, along an old mouth of the Mississippi River which they named Terre Aux Bouefs (literally "Land of the Cows" for the cattle living there). Professional wrestler Shawn Michaels grew up on Lackland Air Force Base, where his father, an Air Force colonel, was stationed. They settled in what is modern-day St. Cole High School, having led his team to a 36-0 record and a state championship his senior year. There were intended to help guard the eastern approaches to New Orleans from invasion by the British. Shaquille O'Neal graduated from Robert G.

The Islenos are dirrect descendants of Canary Islanders forced to migrate by the Spanish King beginning in the mid-1770s. NFL players from San Antonio include Keith Cash and Kerry Cash (Holmes High School), John Hagy, Priest Holmes and Ndukwe "N.D." Kalu (Marshall High School). There is also a distinct Spanish-descended group in Louisiana. city, and later went on to serve as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton. Two separate historically Francophone communities exist in Louisiana. He was the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. For schools see List of school districts in Louisiana. Henry Cisneros was the mayor of San Antonio from 1981 to 1989.

Ranked by per capita income. San Antonio has several neighborhoods of interest:. See also: List of famous people from Louisiana; List of Louisiana musicians; Music of Louisiana. San Antonio has a robust nightlife that centers on several key areas:. Its industrial outputs include chemical products, petroleum and coal products, food processing, transportation equipment, paper products, and tourism. San Antonio is also home to the Double-A Minor League affilate of the Seattle Mariners, the San Antonio Missions who play at Nelson Wolff Stadium on the west side of the city. The state's principal agricultural outputs include seafood, cotton, soybeans, cattle, sugarcane, poultry and eggs, dairy products, and rice. One of the immediate consequences for the SBC Center is the creation of two new teams, The San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League and the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA.

Its Per Capita Personal Income was $26,312, 43^rd in the nation. Previously, the Spurs played at the Alamodome, which was built for football, but the Spurs built and moved into the SBC Center in 2002. The total gross state product in 2003 for Louisiana was $140 billion. The Spurs have been playing in San Antonio since 1973 and have won two NBA Championships. Highway 90. The city's only top-level professional sports team, and consequently the team most San Antonians follow, is the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. Also, Interstate 49 is slated to be expanded north into Arkansas and east along Interstate 10 to New Orleans, replacing part of U.S. And many other institutions that offer courses and trainings for individuals.

There are proposed plans to extend Interstate 69 to the Texas/Mexico border, which will go through north-eastern Louisiana. San Antonio hosts several institutions of higher education offering associate's degrees or higher, including:. State and Federal government efforts to halt or reverse this phenomenon are under way; others are being sought. There are about 40 radio stations that can be heard in the San Antonio area with 30 of these located inside San Antonio. Perhaps the most visible station in San Antonio is WOAI AM-1200 (affiliated with the TV Station), who are the radio home of the San Antonio Spurs. Owing to the extensive flood control measures along the Mississippi river and to natural subsidence, Louisiana is now suffering the loss of coastal land area.
. Near the coast, there are many salt domes, where salt is mined and oil is often found. The following list are the major affiliate television stations in the city.

It was originally covered by an arm of the sea, and has been built up by the silt carried down the valley by the great river. While the city may be one of the largest in the country, San Antonio is only the 37th largest television market in the United States, according to Neilsen. A large part of Louisiana is the creation and product of the Mississippi River. A second newspaper, the San Antonio Light, existed, but it went out of business in 1993. The underlying strata of the state are of Cretaceous age and are covered by alluvial deposits of Tertiary and post-Tertiary origin. The Express-News currently circulates as the largest newspaper service in South Texas. The state also has 1,060 square miles of land-locked bays, 1,700 square miles of inland lakes, and a river surface of over 500 square miles. San Antonio has one major newspaper, the San Antonio Express-News, which has been in service since 1865.

Besides the navigable rivers already named (some of which are called bayous), there are the Sabine, forming the western boundary, and the Pearl, the eastern boundary, the Calcasieu, the Mermentau, the Vermilion, the Teche, the Atchafalaya, the Boeuf, the Lafourche, the Courtableau, the D'Arbonne, the Macon, the Tensas, the Amite, the Tchefuncta, the Tickfaw, the Matalbany, and a number of other streams of lesser note, constituting a natural system of navigable waterways, aggregating over 4,000 miles in length, which is unequalled in the United States and probably in the world. The old Sunset Station (http://www.sunset-station.com|) is now an entertainment venue owned by VIA and neighbored by the current station and the Alamodome. The elevations above sea-level range from 10 feet at the coast and swamp lands to 50 and 60 feet at the prairie and alluvial lands. In the uplands and hills the elevations rise to Mount Driskoll, the highest point in the state at only 535 feet above sea level, located in northwest Louisiana. From there, the Sunset Limited travels west to Los Angeles and east to Orlando three times per week. The uplands and contiguous hill lands have an area of more than 25,000 square miles, and they consist of prairie and woodlands. San Antonio serves as the southern terminus for Amtrak's Texas Eagle train service, originating in Chicago. With the maintenances of strong levees these alluvial lands would enjoy perpetual immunity from inundation. VIA also offers a special service to city events, including Spurs games and city parades, from its Park and Ride locations.

These floods, however, do not occur annually, and they may be said to be exceptional. An extensive bus and trolley system is provided by the city's metropolitan transit system, VIA. (http://www.viainfo.net|) VIA offers 78 regular bus routes and four trolley routes, including express routes from downtown to the theme parks. These alluvial lands are never inundated save when breaks occur in the levees by which they are protected against the floods of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It has two terminals and is served by 12 airlines serving 28 destinations including 3 in Mexico. The lands along other streams present very similar features. The San Antonio International Airport is located in north central San Antonio, approximately eight miles from downtown. The Mississippi flows upon a ridge formed by its own deposits, from which the lands incline toward the low swamps beyond at an average fall of six feet per mile. The council hires a City Manager to serve as the City's chief administrator.

The breadth of the alluvial region along the Mississippi is from 10 to 60 miles, and along the other streams it averages about 10 miles. San Antonio politics is non-partisian. Representatives are paid $20 dollars a meeting, while the Mayor earns $4040 dollars a year. The surface of the state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands, and the alluvial and coast and swamp regions. The alluvial regions, including the low swamps and coast lands, cover an area of about 20,000 square miles; they lie principally along the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 miles and ultimately emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the Red River, the Ouachita River and its branches, and other minor streams. This includes 10 district representatives and 1 mayor to pass laws and establish policies for the city. See: List of Louisiana parishes. Voters elect 11 representatives. See: List of Louisiana Governors, Napoleon Bonaparte. San Antonio operates on the council-manager form of government.

All other states use the First Past the Post electoral system to elect Senators, Representatives, and statewide officials. Out of the total population, 24.3% of those under the age of 18 and 13.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Therefore it is common for a Democrat to be in a runoff with a fellow Democrat or a Republican to be in a runoff with a fellow Republican. 17.3% of the population and 14.0% of families are below the poverty line. This runoff does not take into account party identification. The per capita income for the city is $17,487. If no candidate has more than 50% of the vote, the two candidates with the highest vote total compete in a runoff election approximately one month later. Males have a median income of $30,061 versus $24,444 for females.

All candidates run in an open primary on Election Day, in which multiple candidates from the same party may be on the ballot. The median income for a household in the city is $36,214, and the median income for a family is $41,331. states in using a runoff in state, local, and congressional elections. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.7 males. Louisiana is unique among U.S. For every 100 females there are 93.5 males. Property, contractual, and family law are still mostly based on traditional Roman legal thinking and have little in common with English law. In San Antonio, 48% of the population are Males, and 52% of the population are Females.

While most of the differences are now found in verbiage, it is important to note that the "Civilian" tradition is still deeply rooted in all aspects of Louisiana law. The median age is 32 years. Great differences still exist between Louisiana Civil Law and the Common Law found in her 49 sister states. In the city the population is spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. Louisiana was never governed by the Napoleonic Code. Whites tend to settle on the North and Northwest side, Blacks generally on the East side, Hispanics in the West, Central and South sides. It is important to note that the Louisiana Civil Code and the French Civil Code, often referred to as the Napoleonic Code, came into existence at roughly the same time. According to Texas.com, the current racial make up of San Antonio is: 32% non-Hispanic White, 7% African-American, 2% Asian, 1% Native American; 58% of the population is Hispanic.

Technically, it is known as "Civil Law," or the "Civilian System." It is often incorrectly referred to as the "Code Napoleon" or The Napoleonic Code. There are 433,122 housing units at an average density of 410.3/km² (1,062.7/mi²). Louisiana is the only state whose legal system is based on Roman, Spanish, and French civil law as opposed to English common law. The population density is 1,084.4/km² (2,808.5/mi²). Louisiana has seven U.S. Congressmen, five of which are Republicans, two of which are Democrats. There are 1,144,646 people, 405,474 households, and 280,993 families residing in the city. senators are Mary Landrieu (Democrat) and David Vitter (Republican). According to the 2000 census, San Antonio is the 9th largest city in the United States and the third largest in Texas.

Its governor is Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Democrat) and its two U.S. Note: These are averages provided from www.weather.com. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge. May, June and October have quite a bit of precipitation. throughout the rest of the war. The lowest recorded temperature ever was 0°F in 1949. New Orleans was captured by Federal troops on April 25, 1862. As significant portions of the population had Union sympathies, the Federal government took the unusual step of recognizing the areas of Louisiana under Federal control as a state within the Union with elected representatives who were sent to the congress in Washington, D.C. The average coolest month is January.

In the American Civil War Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. The highest temperature ever to be recorded was 108°F in 1986. Donaldsonville, Opelousas, and Shreveport have also briefly served as the seat of governments of Louisiana. In San Antonio, July is the average warmest month. In 1849 the capital moved from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Monthly Averages (in degrees Fahrenheit):. There are still remnants of its former status as a possession of France, including: the use of a civil law legal system, based on the Louisiana Civil Code, which is similar to (and often confused with) the Napoleonic Code (like France, and unlike the rest of the United States, which uses a common law legal system derived from England), the term "parishes" being used to describe the state's sub-divisions as opposed to "counties", etc. Only a few freezes occur each year and snow is almost unheard of.

The western boundary of Louisiana with Spanish Texas remained in dispute until the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819, with the Sabine Free State serving as a neutral buffer zone as well as a haven for criminals. San Antonio's weather can be described as somewhat dry air, hot in the summer, cool in the winter, and rather comfortable in the spring and fall. The Florida Parishes were annexed from Spanish West Florida by proclamation of President James Madison in 1810. The city sits on the Balcones Escarpment. In 1803 the United States purchased the French province of Louisiana (see Louisiana Purchase) and divided it into two territories: the Orleans Territory (which became the state of Louisiana in 1812) and the District of Louisiana (which consisted of all the land not included in Orleans Territory). The total area is 1.09% water. In 1800 France's Napoleon Bonaparte re-acquired Louisiana from Spain in the Treaty of San Ildefonso, although this was kept secret for some two years. 1,055.6 km² (407.56 mi²) of it is land and 11.7 km² (4.51 mi²) of it is water.

During the period of Spanish rule, several thousand French-speaking refugees from the region of Acadia made their way to Louisiana following British expulsion; settling largely in the southwestern bayous, they became known as the Cajuns. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1,067.3 km² (412.07 mi²). The rest of Louisiana became a colony of Spain by the Treaty of Fountainebleau of 1762. San Antonio also has no shortage of establishments offering Texas style barbecue, and for the truly intrepid barbecue aficionado, a day trip to some of the more renowned barbecue pits and smokehouses of Central Texas is both necessary and easily manageable. Most of the territory to the east of the Mississippi was lost to Great Britain in the French and Indian War, except for the area around New Orleans and the parishes around Lake Pontchartrain. Beyond taking in the sights and sounds of San Antonio, tourists can sample some of its world famous Tex-Mex cuisine at the many fine restaurants located throughout the city. Initially Mobile, Alabama and Biloxi, Mississippi functioned as the capital of the colony; from 1722 on New Orleans fulfilled that role. tall cowboy boots at North Star Mall.

See also: French colonization of the Americas. Visitors can also experience something of the cowboy culture every February at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo; year round, they can also see the 40 ft. Most of the settlement concentrated along the banks of the Mississippi and its major tributaries, with trading outposts and mission settlements in the Illinois Country, as far north as Peoria, Illinois and a number of settlements in the area around near present-day Saint Louis, Missouri. Every April, San Antonio hosts Fiesta San Antonio, a 10-day celebration of the city's diverse cultures and of the heroes of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, featuring over one hundred events held throughout the city. The French colony of Louisiana originally claimed a great region of land on both sides of the Mississippi River and north to Canada. Other places of interest include Brackenridge Park (home of the San Antonio Zoo), the missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, the Witte Museum, the McNay Art Museum, SeaWorld of Texas, and the Six Flags Fiesta Texas theme park. The first permanent settlement was founded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699. The downtown area also features HemisFair Park (home of the Tower of the Americas and the Institute of Texan Cultures), La Villita, El Mercado, and the city's most widely recognized landmark, the Alamo.

Louisiana was named by the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle in honour of Louis XIV in 1682. Lined with numerous shops, bars, and restaurants as well as the Arneson River Theater, this attraction is transformed into an impressive festival of lights during the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Thereafter the region was long neglected by the Spanish authorities, and the next explorers were French. The jewel of the city is the Paseo del Rio, or River Walk, which meanders through the downtown area. Some 13 years later Hernando de Soto's expedition crossed through the region. San Antonio is a popular tourist destination. The first European explorers to visit what is now Louisiana was a Spanish expedition in 1528 led by Panfilo de Narváez which located the mouth of the Mississippi River. It was placed in its new location, three blocks south of the Alamo, over four days in 1985, and cost $650,000 to move.

What follows is a partial list, using current parish boundaries as rough approximations of locations.^{[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana#endnote_sturdevent-67)}. The Fairmont Hotel, built in 1906, is in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the heaviest buildings ever moved intact. The lasting mark of the Native Americans can be seen even today in the names used in Louisiana, such as Atchafalaya, Natchitouches (now spelled Natchitoches), Caddo, Houma, Tangipahoa, and Avoyel (Avoyelles Parish). San Antonio is served by San Antonio International Airport. Louisiana was long inhabited by Native American tribes before the arrival of Europeans. SBC Communications, Valero Energy Corp, United Services Automobile Association, Tesoro Petroleum Corp, Southwest Research Institute, H-E-B supermarkets and Clear Channel Communications are headquartered in San Antonio. Today, English is by far the main language of everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects. San Antonio is home to the state's first art museum (Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum).

While the state has no declared "official language", its law recognizes both English and French. The city is home to Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base and Brooks City Base. Among the states, Louisiana has a unique culture, owing to its French colonial heritage. Famous for its Riverwalk and the Alamo, the Spurs basketball team, the Tower of the Americas, and being home to SeaWorld and Six Flags theme parks, San Antonio is visited by 20 million tourists per year. The state is bordered to the west by the state of Texas, to the north by Arkansas, to the east by the state of Mississippi, and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico. Today, the Alamo is in the heart of downtown San Antonio. postal abbreviation LA. The Battle of the Alamo took place nearby in 1836, and eventually the town would grow to encompass the embattled mission.

It uses the U.S. Originally founded by Canary Islanders in 1731 (although a small Indian community had already been established in the San Pedro Springs area called Yanaguana), San Antonio de Béxar was an early Spanish settlement in the Americas. Louisiana (pronounced /luːˌiːzɪˈænə/ or /ˌluːzɪˈænə/) (French: Louisiane, pronounced /lwizjan/) is a Southern state of the United States of America. As of January 2005, it had an estimated population of 1,282,800, greater than that of Dallas; it is now ranked as the 8th largest city in the U.S. ^ Sturdevent, William C. (1967): Early Indian Tribes, Cultures, and Linguistic Stocks (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/early_indian_east.jpg), Smithsonian Institution Map (Eastern United States). It is the county seat of Bexar County.⁶ As of the 2000 census, San Antonio had a resident population of 1,144,646, and was the ninth largest city in the United States and the third largest in Texas. Many of the freed slaves in Louisiana in turn purchased their own slaves, which led to the state having one of the largest numbers of slave owning blacks in America, if not the largest. state of Texas.

While one would think that this would lead to a dramatic reduction in the amount of slavery in the state, this is not the case. San Antonio is a city in the U.S. It did, however, have one of the largest free black populations in the United States. The only thing missing is a grocery store! While the bus system (VIA Metropolitan Transit (http://www.viainfo.net)) is not ideal, it is far better than most mass transit systems in the US. Louisiana was a slave state. Another benefit is that rush hour traffic is generally going in the opposite direction. Most Acadians declined and emigrated from Canada, most of them fleeing to the South Western portion of Louisiana, centered in the region around Lafayette. It is surprisingly affordable to live in the downtown area, although there can be a waiting list for an apartment to open up.

When the British won the French and Indian War, the British forced all of the citizens to take a pledge of allegiance. Downtown has a growing residential population. The ancestors of the Cajuns are the Acadians, a French-descended people of what are now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada. The southeastern suburb of China Grove has a song written and sung about it by the Doobie Brothers entitled "China Grove.". The ancestors of Creoles generally came to Louisiana directly from France or from the French colonies in the Caribbean and settled in New Orleans or in South Eastern Louisiana. Inwood just inside Loop 1604 is where many newly upper class residences are located. State songs: You Are My Sunshine, Every Man a King, and Give Me Louisiana. Castle Hills is another upscale community with houses dating around the 1950's era.

State food: Gumbo. Castle Hills is a little further North, located around Loop 410 and Blanco. State amphibian: Green Tree Frog. The city of Alamo Heights is populated with historically wealthy families. State crustacean : Crawfish. The North Central side of San Antonio contains some of the most valuable residential property in the city. State insect: Honeybee. The northeast suburb of Windcrest is known for its tradition of elaborately decorating homes with lights every Christmas.

State reptile : American Alligator. It comprises parts of some twenty-two blocks with seventy-nine historic structures, most dating from the second half of the nineteenth century. State wildflower : Louisiana Iris. The King William Historic District is just south of the central business district of San Antonio. State mammal : Louisiana Black Bear. Its distinguished residential architecture, primarily from San Antonio's "Gilded Age," defined as extending from 1890 to 1930, forms the most extensive and intact neighborhood of this era in Texas. State tree : Bald Cypress. The Monte Vista National Historic District is located one and a half miles north of downtown San Antonio and is home to approximately 3,000 people.

State fossil : Petrified palmwood. On this strip, several bars can be found, such as Paparay's, Joey's, the Mix,Tycoon Flats, small coffee shops such as The Candlelight, and the latino-themed video bar, Arriba. State flower : Magnolia. Also in the area is the North Saint Mary's Strip, located to the east of main street. State bird : Eastern Brown Pelican. Away from downtown, a strip of Main Street near San Antonio College includes predominantly gay clubs, such as The Electric Company (for younger crowds), The Saint, The Silver Dollar Saloon (a country-western themed nightspot), and the Heat. State dog : Catahoula Leopard Dog. San Antonios Underground Hip Hop Culture is best represented by the Prhymemates Crew and infuses local clubs and bars with an urban feel through, DJing, Breakdancing, and MCing, that only a big city can evoke.

Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs - CHL. Downtown San Antonio, away from the river, has several clubs, including the popular Coyote Ugly franchise bar, gay nightspot The Bonham Exchange, and the Rivercenter Comedy Club. Louisiana IceGators - ECHL. Notable clubs in this area include the Hard Rock Cafe, the DANCEPLEX (formerly Polly Esther's), Club RIVE/TABU and Dick's Last Resort. New Orleans Brass (1997 - 2003) - ECHL. The Riverwalk is home to several night clubs, all with a 2am or later closing time, depending on what night it is. Minor League Hockey