Description: Further DetailsTitle: A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812Condition: NewEAN: 9780807124314ISBN: 9780807124314Publisher: Louisiana State University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/30/1999Description: On March 17, 1699, a group of French explorers under Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, were making their way up the Mississippi River from New Orleans when they spotted a red pole on a high bluff overlooking the river. The pole marked the boundary between the hunting grounds of the Houma and the Bayagoula Indians, and the Frenchmen christened it le baton rouge.The name Baton Rouge has survived, despite several attempts to change it, and today it designates the capital of a state whose people, by 1812, had lived under four flags -- French, English, Spanish, and American. Despite its tiny size, the settlement at Baton Rouge was a strategic outpost on the Mississippi River, and a number of fierce contests were waged for its control. In fact, the only battle of the American Revolution fought in Louisiana took place at Baton Rouge in 1779. In A History of Baton Rouge Rose Meyers has gathered, evaluated, and set down the stories, legends, facts, and circumstances of the founding of Baton Rouge; its troubled history under the colonial governments of France, England, and Spain; and its eventual entry into the Union in 1812. Featured in the book are portraits of early civil and military leaders and maps dating back to the French colonial period.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 10mmAuthor: Rose MeyersGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 1999 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812
Title: A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812
EAN: 9780807124314
ISBN: 9780807124314
Release Date: 03/30/1999
Release Year: 1999
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Name: History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812
Language: English
Publisher: LSU
Subject: United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 1999
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Travel, History
Author: Rose Meyers
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
