As you probably know, Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803. France had acquired Louisiana from the Spanish as the result of a successful war against the Spaniards.

The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States and the cost of about four cents an acre was a breathtaking bargain. The Granger Collection, New York UNDERSTANDABLY, Pierre ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

In 1803, the U.S. purchased Louisiana from the French. The following year, Louisiana was split into two political divisions — the Territory of Louisiana to the north, ...

In one of the volumes of the census of 1870 is a map of "The Acquisition and Transfer of Territory," on which "the Province of Louisiana, 1803," is shown as extending to the Pacific coast on the ...

Screaming, flying cicadas will soon make a reappearance — but it's not going to be your average spring emergence. For the first time since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, two broods of cicadas ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...