The bicentennial is being celebrated with yearlong activities in many of the states fashioned from the territory. But the focal point of the celebrations is Louisiana itself. The most ambitious ...

Among all the states in the United States, the Pelican State is the third-lowest in terms of life expectancy, per recent ...

Fifteen million dollars is the original amount spent by the U.S. to France for The Louisiana Purchase, and by today's standards, the price of the expansive territory is still considered a steal.

They set up in the Louisiana Territory and were some of the first explorers of the mighty Mississippi. This also means the Jesuit order and its missions and staff have been part of the U.S.’s ...

The soldiers from Ft. Stoddert, Louisiana Territory, captured the fugitive Aaron Burr on a February morning in 1807, on a muddy road near the hamlet of Wakefield. Burr's fall from grace seemed total.

as well as the Mississippi and the entire Louisiana territory. While there, Livingston, the former chancellor of New York, met Robert Fulton, who died two centuries ago this month. Fulton ...