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This project is to discuss and research the Louisiana Territory controlled by Spain for fifty (50) years, 1763-1813. Recent conversations with David Menk, a former native of Sliddell, Louisiana. He mentioned that West Florida was larger than imaged and extended to the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Thus the name Florida Parishes, eight of them! Notables William Blount ---An aggressive land ...
Louisiana Isleños - Canary Islands Immigrants (1778)The Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana is a cultural, historical, and genealogical society dedicated to the promotion of the history and heritage of Canary Islanders. Further information on the group can be obtained at www.canaryislanders.org.According to the society, the first seven ships departed the islands bound for Louisiana o...