History

Buying Louisiana - - An eyewitness's account of the Louisiana Purchase, information on the book and historical resources.

The Cabildo - Two Hundred Years of Louisiana History - - The Louisiana State Museum's site for Louisiana's most important historical building.

Louisiana History - - Timeline and overview of Louisiana history from Louisiana Profiles.

Louisiana Homes in Southwest Louisiana - - These 2 volumes of "Louisiana Homes" tell the history of many century old homes, churches, and hotels in Southwest Louisiana with color photos and the history of the families who built them.

Louisiana Timeline - - Contains chronological information about the development and history of the colony, territory and the state of Louisiana.

Louisiana's Acadian Homes - - A colorful book full of pictures of 68 Acadian and Creole style homes in South Louisiana and the history behind them. Some were built more than 200 years ago.

Poverty Point National Monument - - Contains some of the largest prehistoric earth works in North America. State park facilities are open to the public.

River Road Moments, Growing up in the 1930's and 1940's - - Personal history set in Louisiana's German Acadian Coast during the Great Depression through the years following World War II by Gerard Arthur Becnel.