- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Things you may not know about Louisiana.....
Posted on 4/6/08 at 8:37 am
Posted on 4/6/08 at 8:37 am
Interesting LA. things I didn't know about!
> Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the nation at 450 feet.
>
> The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans is the largest enclosed stadium in
> the world.
>
> The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest over-water bridge in the
> world at 23.87 miles
>
> Louisiana's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in
> America.
>
> The oldest city in the Louisiana Purchase Territory is Natchitoches
> Louisiana founded in 1714.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The first bottler of Coca-Cola, Joseph Biedenharn, lived in Monroe,
> Louisiana and was one of the founders of Delta Air Lines, initially called
> Delta Air Service.
>
> Delta Airlines got its start in Monroe, Louisiana when County Agent, C.E.
> Woolman, decided to try d usting the Boll Weevil that was destroying the
> Cotton crops in the Mississippi River Delta from an airplane. It was the
> first crop dusting service in the world.
>
> Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the largest predominantly
> black university in America.
>
> Baton Rouge was the site of the only American Revolution battle outside the
> original 13 colonies.
>
> The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase was made at the Cabildo
> building in New Orleans on December 20, 1803.
>
> The staircase at Chrétien Point, in Sunset, Louisiana was copied for Tara
> in "Gone with the Wind."
>
> Louisiana is the No. 1 producer of crawfish, alligators and shallots in
> America .
>
> Louisiana produces 24 percent of the nation's salt, the most in America
>
> Much of the world's food, coffee and oil pass through the Port of New
> Orleans
>
> Tabasco, a Louisiana product, holds the second oldest food trademark in the
> U.S. Patent Office.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Steen's Syrup Mill in Abbeville, Louisiana is the world's largest syrup
> plant producing sugar cane syrup..
>
> America's oldest rice mill is in New Iberia, Louisiana at KONRIKO Co.
>
> The International Joke Telling Contest is held annually in Opelousas,
> Louisiana .
>
> LSU (The Ole War Skule) in Baton Rouge has the distinction of contributing
> the most officers to WW II after the U.S. military academies.
>
> The Louisiana Hayride radio show helped Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and
> Johnny Cash achieve stardom. It was broadcast from KWKH Radio in
> Shreveport, Louisiana from 1948 to 1960.
>
> The term Uncle Sam was coined on the wharfs of New Orleans before Louisiana
> was a U.S. territor y as goods labeled U.S. were from "Uncle Sam."
>
> The game of craps was invented in New Orleans in 1813 as betting was common
> activity on the wharves.
>
> When states had their own currency, the Louisiana Dix (French for ten) was
> a favored currency for trade. English speakers called them Dixies and
> coined the term Dixieland.
>
> New Orleans is the home of the oldest pharmacy in America at 514 Chartres
> Street in the French Quarter. These early medical mixtures became known as
> cocktails (guess they were good for what ails ya?) coining yet another
> term.
> Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the nation at 450 feet.
>
> The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans is the largest enclosed stadium in
> the world.
>
> The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest over-water bridge in the
> world at 23.87 miles
>
> Louisiana's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in
> America.
>
> The oldest city in the Louisiana Purchase Territory is Natchitoches
> Louisiana founded in 1714.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The first bottler of Coca-Cola, Joseph Biedenharn, lived in Monroe,
> Louisiana and was one of the founders of Delta Air Lines, initially called
> Delta Air Service.
>
> Delta Airlines got its start in Monroe, Louisiana when County Agent, C.E.
> Woolman, decided to try d usting the Boll Weevil that was destroying the
> Cotton crops in the Mississippi River Delta from an airplane. It was the
> first crop dusting service in the world.
>
> Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the largest predominantly
> black university in America.
>
> Baton Rouge was the site of the only American Revolution battle outside the
> original 13 colonies.
>
> The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase was made at the Cabildo
> building in New Orleans on December 20, 1803.
>
> The staircase at Chrétien Point, in Sunset, Louisiana was copied for Tara
> in "Gone with the Wind."
>
> Louisiana is the No. 1 producer of crawfish, alligators and shallots in
> America .
>
> Louisiana produces 24 percent of the nation's salt, the most in America
>
> Much of the world's food, coffee and oil pass through the Port of New
> Orleans
>
> Tabasco, a Louisiana product, holds the second oldest food trademark in the
> U.S. Patent Office.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Steen's Syrup Mill in Abbeville, Louisiana is the world's largest syrup
> plant producing sugar cane syrup..
>
> America's oldest rice mill is in New Iberia, Louisiana at KONRIKO Co.
>
> The International Joke Telling Contest is held annually in Opelousas,
> Louisiana .
>
> LSU (The Ole War Skule) in Baton Rouge has the distinction of contributing
> the most officers to WW II after the U.S. military academies.
>
> The Louisiana Hayride radio show helped Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and
> Johnny Cash achieve stardom. It was broadcast from KWKH Radio in
> Shreveport, Louisiana from 1948 to 1960.
>
> The term Uncle Sam was coined on the wharfs of New Orleans before Louisiana
> was a U.S. territor y as goods labeled U.S. were from "Uncle Sam."
>
> The game of craps was invented in New Orleans in 1813 as betting was common
> activity on the wharves.
>
> When states had their own currency, the Louisiana Dix (French for ten) was
> a favored currency for trade. English speakers called them Dixies and
> coined the term Dixieland.
>
> New Orleans is the home of the oldest pharmacy in America at 514 Chartres
> Street in the French Quarter. These early medical mixtures became known as
> cocktails (guess they were good for what ails ya?) coining yet another
> term.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 8:40 am to Bobby Moore
quote:
When states had their own currency, the Louisiana Dix (French for ten) was
> a favored currency for trade. English speakers called them Dixies and
> coined the term Dixieland.
pretty cool.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 8:49 am to tigerdup07
grew up in Monroe and the two claims to the city are Delta and the Biedenharns with Coca-Cola. Funroe baby. 
Posted on 4/6/08 at 8:54 am to Bobby Moore
quote:
The game of craps was invented in New Orleans in 1813
Gambling in New Orleans? I'm SHOCKED! Shocked I tell you!
Posted on 4/6/08 at 8:58 am to Bobby Moore
quote:
> LSU (The Ole War Skule) in Baton Rouge has the distinction of contributing
> the most officers to WW II after the U.S. military academies.
There's actually some debate over this. It was either LSU or Texas A&M.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 9:03 am to TigerPrincess
Also grew up in Monroe and at one time the area was designated as the natural gas capitol of the world.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 9:04 am to TigerPrincess
quote:partially true
New Orleans is the home of the oldest pharmacy in America at 514 Chartres
the actual fact is that the location was the first location of a LISCENSED pharmacy in the U.S. several individual "pharmacies" existed before that time, but we had the first ones with any type of regulation.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 9:16 am to Rouge
quote:
Louisiana's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in
Updated since original post
quote:
Louisiana's 6.0 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in
Posted on 4/6/08 at 9:55 am to ddbnsb
Posted on 4/6/08 at 9:59 am to Homesick Tiger
shite i was living next to tennessee gas in West Monroe when the line exploded in 1994. Shook my whole damn house.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 10:06 am to Hello Newman
Thanks for posting that, Bobby. Now, send it to Texas where they think everything is bigger, better, older, etc.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 10:09 am to Hello Newman
quote:
Shook my whole damn house.
As the crow flies I live about a mile from where a nuclear missile silo was imploded back in the late 80's or early '90's. I was outside in the yard and could actually feel the concussion of the blast. Scared the crap out of me.
Posted on 4/6/08 at 10:14 am to Homesick Tiger
that would suck. You definitely got me beat.
Posted on 4/7/08 at 9:29 pm to Hello Newman
quote:
shite i was living next to tennessee gas in West Monroe when the line exploded in 1994. Shook my whole damn house
Yeah, I remember that! My uncle lived in the 2nd house on left in Sylvian Lakes Subdivision. His in the ground pool destroyed by the blast.
Posted on 4/7/08 at 9:36 pm to Bobby Moore
Poverty Point indian mounds in Delhi is oldest known civilazation in North America, horndog believes.
Posted on 4/7/08 at 10:46 pm to Bobby Moore
Interesting. I have a couple of add-ons:
The Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish is the longest railroad bridge in the U.S.
Hurricane Betsy (1965) was the first hurricane to cause more than one billion dollars in damage.
Louisiana is the only state that still refers to the Napoleonic Code in its state law.
Louisiana is the only state with a large population of Cajuns, descendants of the Acadians who were driven out of Canada in the 1700s because they wouldn't pledge allegiance to the King of England.
Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV.
Jim Bowie, the legendary adventurer and hero of the Battle of the Alamo, lived in Opelousas after moving there from Kentucky. Opelousas is the third oldest city in Louisiana.
The Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish is the longest railroad bridge in the U.S.
Hurricane Betsy (1965) was the first hurricane to cause more than one billion dollars in damage.
Louisiana is the only state that still refers to the Napoleonic Code in its state law.
Louisiana is the only state with a large population of Cajuns, descendants of the Acadians who were driven out of Canada in the 1700s because they wouldn't pledge allegiance to the King of England.
Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV.
Jim Bowie, the legendary adventurer and hero of the Battle of the Alamo, lived in Opelousas after moving there from Kentucky. Opelousas is the third oldest city in Louisiana.
Posted on 4/7/08 at 10:49 pm to paulie
Driskill mountain is 535 feet high.
Posted on 4/7/08 at 10:53 pm to Paul Allen
highest point
Posted on 4/9/08 at 5:50 pm to Bobby Moore
Antoine's is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the United States.
Posted on 4/9/08 at 6:14 pm to Bobby Moore
quote:
Things you may not know about Louisiana.....
Interesting LA. things I didn't know about!
> Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the nation at 450 feet.
>
> The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans is the largest enclosed stadium in
> the world.
>
> The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest over-water bridge in the
> world at 23.87 miles
>
> Louisiana's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in
> America.
>
> The oldest city in the Louisiana Purchase Territory is Natchitoches
> Louisiana founded in 1714.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The first bottler of Coca-Cola, Joseph Biedenharn, lived in Monroe,
> Louisiana and was one of the founders of Delta Air Lines, initially called
> Delta Air Service.
>
> Delta Airlines got its start in Monroe, Louisiana when County Agent, C.E.
> Woolman, decided to try d usting the Boll Weevil that was destroying the
> Cotton crops in the Mississippi River Delta from an airplane. It was the
> first crop dusting service in the world.
>
> Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the largest predominantly
> black university in America.
>
> Baton Rouge was the site of the only American Revolution battle outside the
> original 13 colonies.
>
> The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase was made at the Cabildo
> building in New Orleans on December 20, 1803.
>
> The staircase at Chrétien Point, in Sunset, Louisiana was copied for Tara
> in "Gone with the Wind."
>
> Louisiana is the No. 1 producer of crawfish, alligators and shallots in
> America .
>
> Louisiana produces 24 percent of the nation's salt, the most in America
>
> Much of the world's food, coffee and oil pass through the Port of New
> Orleans
>
> Tabasco, a Louisiana product, holds the second oldest food trademark in the
> U.S. Patent Office.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Steen's Syrup Mill in Abbeville, Louisiana is the world's largest syrup
> plant producing sugar cane syrup..
>
> America's oldest rice mill is in New Iberia, Louisiana at KONRIKO Co.
>
> The International Joke Telling Contest is held annually in Opelousas,
> Louisiana .
>
> LSU (The Ole War Skule) in Baton Rouge has the distinction of contributing
> the most officers to WW II after the U.S. military academies.
>
> The Louisiana Hayride radio show helped Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and
> Johnny Cash achieve stardom. It was broadcast from KWKH Radio in
> Shreveport, Louisiana from 1948 to 1960.
>
> The term Uncle Sam was coined on the wharfs of New Orleans before Louisiana
> was a U.S. territor y as goods labeled U.S. were from "Uncle Sam."
>
> The game of craps was invented in New Orleans in 1813 as betting was common
> activity on the wharves.
>
> When states had their own currency, the Louisiana Dix (French for ten) was
> a favored currency for trade. English speakers called them Dixies and
> coined the term Dixieland.
>
> New Orleans is the home of the oldest pharmacy in America at 514 Chartres
> Street in the French Quarter. These early medical mixtures became known as
> cocktails (guess they were good for what ails ya?) coining yet another
> term.
Don't forget that it's home to the most corrupt politicians, some of the worst public education in the nation, has a terrible economy, and is filled with STD ridden a-holes. Other than that, YAY FOR LOUISIANA.
Page 1 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News