The Lousiana Purchase of 1803 brought nearly a million acres of new land to the United States of America spreading as far afield as Montana Working out to about three cents an acre the purchase continues to pay outrageous dividends not least in the form of the rich and diverse... full story ![]()

A man evacuated from his home near Louisiana's giant sinkhole, that is swallowing Cajun land between Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou, told NPR Thursday that strange things are happening there.Evacuee Ernie Boudreaux, now staying elsewhere with...
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NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard says a salvage company has separated a barge carrying tens of thousands of gallons of oil from the wreckage of a tugboat that struck a gas pipeline in a coastal Louisiana bayou, triggering a massive fire.
shreveporttimes.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
The Coast Guard says crude oil from a barge involved in a fiery pipeline accident in a coastal Louisiana bayou has been safely transferred to a separate barge.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
NEW ORLEANS — A fire raging in a coastal Louisiana bayou where a tugboat struck a gas pipeline appeared to have diminished Wednesday night, but is far from extinguished, the Coast Guard said.
timesfreepress.com (2 months and 11 days ago)
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:28:32By The Associated PressTHIBODAUX — A $20 million project to dredge Bayou Lafourche and improve the flow of the waterway is moving ahead. The Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District is hiring the engineering firm T. Baker Smith to determine which portion of the bayou is in most...
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An investigation and emergency response are underway at Bayou Perot where a fire off Louisiana's coast has been burning in an area crisscrossed by pipelines and heavily impacted by oil from BP's Gulf oil operation catastrophe...
examiner.com (2 months and 10 days ago)

People with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Ireland.
yahoo.com (2 months and 8 days ago)
Webster Parish Bayou's future to be discussed MINDEN - A meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Minden-South Webster Chamber of Commerce conference room to discuss future plans of Bayou Dorcheat.
shreveporttimes.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
Man on tugboat that was pushing oil barge critically burned; Some oil seen in water
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Man on tugboat that was pushing oil barge critically burned; Some oil seen in water
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