By Louisiana standards, the Legislature has reached a high-water mark for electing women to office, with 35 serving between both chambers.
When the railroad crossed the Louisiana prairies in 1880, land thought only suitable for wild cattle became accessible to farmers from the Midwest who flocked here to firmly establish Louisiana’s
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser’s namesake father was a major figure in the Louisiana Republican Party back when Democrats still dominated the state, serving as Gov.
President Donald Trump is suggesting that the national guard could be used in additional American cities besides the nation’s capital, and has included New Orleans on his list.
The southwest Louisiana prairies were sparsely settled and a bit frightening until the railroad finally crossed them in the early 1880s and settlers began to establish towns and farms. Father P.
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