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(Encyclopedia) Mississippi Sound, arm of the Gulf of Mexico, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 7 to 15 mi (11–24 km) wide, extending from Lake Borgne in Louisiana on the west to Mobile Bay in Alabama…Ruston
(Encyclopedia) RustonRustonrusˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 20,027), seat of Lincoln parish, N La.; settled 1884 as a railroad town and inc. the same year. It is the trading center of a farm, logging,…creole
(Encyclopedia) creolecreolecrēˈōl [key], Span. criollocreolecrēōlˈyō [key] [probably from crío=child], term originally applied in West Indies to the native-born descendants of the Spanish conquerors…Benjamin, Judah Philip
(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b. Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of Jewish parents. His family moved (c.1813) to Wilmington, N…Mesilla
(Encyclopedia) MesillaMesillamāsēˈyä [key], town (1990 pop. 1,975), SW N.Mex., on the Rio Grande and near Las Cruces; settled c.1850. The whole Mesilla Valley became part of the United States under…Cardwell, Edward Cardwell, Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Cardwell, Edward Cardwell, Viscount, 1813–86, British statesman. He entered Parliament (1842) as a supporter of Sir Robert Peel, under whom he was secretary to the treasury (1845–46).…August 2016: Louisiana Under Water
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of August 2016…U.S. State Flags: Alabama – Louisiana
Alabama – Louisiana Maine – Oklahoma Oregon – Wyoming Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii…Louisiana: Asian persons, percent, 2000
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