re: Little known facts about Baton Rouge

Little known Baton Rouge fact:


Dirty mexican yard men in Houston tend to hate the city having never been there.







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Oh and it means red dong in French because of the high rate of stds among the residents.

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Huey P. Bridge was built low to keep large ships from going past Baton Rouge thereby forcing it to be a major hub.

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Not true. Its a myth 8th grade social studies teachers love to push on the children of Louisiana.

Also, did any one say that "Istrouma" also means red stick in one of the native american languages? Never knew that until recently.

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Where did he name Red Stick come from or refer to?

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Was always told there was a stick that held sacrifices near the area that is now downtown.

The blood on the stick made it red, hence red stick.

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Where did he name Red Stick come from or refer to?

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The short-lived Communist Hockey League that was located in BR

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Was always told there was a stick that held sacrifices near the area that is now downtown. The blood on the stick made it red, hence red stick.

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As I understood, it was a large post used to hang game for dressing. The animals blood gave it the red color.

The last name of the Louisiana Capitol building's architect was Weiss (Leon) ... Which is also the last name of the man (Carl Weiss) that murdered Huey Long in the Capitol building in 1935.

I always thought that was weird.

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A representative sampling of historical knowledge of the average American, except with a linguistic spin.... sigh.

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I know. People just don't know their history.

So much of Baton Rouge is Spanish. Galvez Plaza, the name 'Baton Rouge', the historic 'Alamo Plaza,' even the great Mexican restaurants in town. Ibberville would be proud!