An 1803 map of Louisiana shows the state when it was referred to as the 'Territory of Orleans' within the Louisiana territory. The first 12 parishes were carved within the state in 1805. If you're ...

On April 30th, 1803, American diplomats in Paris reached an agreement with the French government to purchase the Louisiana Territory for approximately $16 million. It’s a massive but imprecisely ...

Therefor, the Louisiana Territory was not considered to be that important to Bonaparte, or France as a whole, but the territory became exceedingly important within U.S. history.

The Louisiana Territory. Share full article. July 16, 1904. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 16, 1904, Section SATURDAY, Page 482 Buy Reprints.

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 In 1803, the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, approximately 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.

Alaska. The U.S. purchased Alaska, a territory from Russia, in 1867 for 586,412 square miles of territory for $12 per square mile, less than two cents an acre, for a total of $7.2 million.Alaska ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to race and class in American history.