SUMMER John Law devises a fantastic scheme which would enrich all involved, based on his idea that paper money need not be backed with real wealth gold, which was scarce ; it could also be backed by commercial wealth — namely the riches that Louisiana could bear under private management. Financing of the company would come from the sale of stock; peopling of the colony would come from recruited or forced emigration of at least settlers; and labor would come from the hands of enslaved Africans raising tobacco on plantations.
The ensuing profits would enrich shareholders throughout France, not to mention Law and Philippe, while equity in the company would help pay off the national debt. The specified location implied an alternative to the shoal-prone mouth of the Mississippi, and most likely meant Bayou St. John and Bayou Road, through which access could be gained to a crescent of the river previously identified by Bienville as being favorable for settlement.
WINTER Bienville, probably stationed at Mobile, is now in receipt of the directive, and begins preparing six vessels laden with supplies and a crew of 43 men for the voyage to his favored site. Others view Mobile or Natchez as superior sites to host the company headquarters and colonial capital, which at this time were on Dauphin Island near Mobile.
That same spring, high water on the Mississippi River floods New Orleans. On August 29, , Hurricane Katrina , in combination with storm surges, levee failures, and heavy rain, devastated New Orleans and surrounding areas.
The ensuing days were dark. Katrina was extensively covered in national and international news, but communication mishaps, fear and lost links in the chain of command made it difficult for New Orleans to get the aid we needed.
In the months and years following Katrina, many areas of New Orleans have rebuilt , with residents returning to their homes and businesses. It has not been easy--but New Orleanians have been through almost years of hardship and hurricanes, and we were not willing to give up our city! This is where most histories of New Orleans grind to a halt--as if nothing has happened here since Katrina.
Much of New Orleans is back and better than ever, including our vibrant local music scene, our status as a world-renowned culinary destination, and the unique blend of cultures that has characterized our city from its very beginning. Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, and countless other festivals continue to draw visitors to the Crescent City; every day is a celebration of food, music, the arts, and the diversity that helps make New Orleans special.
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Had any succeeded, we would likely have an entirely different history here today. But flummoxed by the uncontrolled river and the low, swampy soils, Iberville selects present-day Ocean Springs, Miss. August or September While Iberville visits the Bayougoula tribe and proceeds into Natchez territory, Bienville, exploring separately, encounters the English frigate Carolina Galley, bent on a mission of settlement.
Though only 19 years old, Bienville rebuffs the English captain, who departs peacefully. Had he not, we might have had an English colonial history here. The "English Turn" incident convinces the LeMoyne brothers that a French presence is needed directly upon the lower Mississippi River, as a defensive position.
But the simple blockhouse flounders amid soggy soils and high river stages. Bienville has much to learn about building in a delta. European population of the entire Louisiana colony totals around subjects, strewn between Mobile Bay and the Mississippi. Few supply ships arrive from France; key figures Henri Tonti and Iberville die of yellow fever and ; Bienville is forced to abandon Fort de Mississippi for environmental reasons ; a settlement aiming to grow wheat along Bayou St. John fails in ; and Mobile has to be relocated to its present site in , due to flooding.
Crozat hopes to discover gold and silver, raise tobacco, and trade with Spain, while the French Crown is content to unburden itself of Louisiana. Although distant from the future New Orleans area, the three initiatives are the first good news to come out of Louisiana in years. The oil bust of the early s, coinciding with the mechanization of port activity and the decline of well-paying shipping jobs, led to a regional recessional and population exodus.
By the late s, however, an increasingly robust tourism sector and a more diversified economy helped mitigate the losses, though they fell short of returning the metropolis to its earlier economic position. On August 29, , Hurricane Katrina landed east of New Orleans, driving a storm surge into manmade canals and breaching federal levees and floodwalls in numerous locations. Eighty percent of the urbanized East Bank flooded, tens of thousands of people were trapped in the deluge for days, and over people would eventually perish.
Many evacuees never returned, and some neighborhoods, particularly the Lower Ninth Ward, endure today with significantly reduced populations. While recovery proved slow and contentious at first, sheer grit got most New Orleanians through the crisis and yielded something of a renaissance of civil spirit and cultural pride.
New Orleans remains a city of rich culture, proud people, and historic neighborhoods that have survived and thrived against odds. New Orleanians have always held tight to their unique culture, exuding pride of place and relishing music, cuisine, and festivity. As of Wednesday, November 10, Louisiana's hospitalization rate is the lowest in the U.
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