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"New Orleans, or’le-anz (Fr. Nouvelle-Orléans, noo' vèll"-om"lā'b Nu'; Ger. New-Orleans, noi-ot'là-Anz), a city and port of entry of the state of Louisiana, the capital of Orleans parish, and the commercial metropolis of the Gulf States, is situated on the Mississippi River, about 100 miles above its delta. It is about 700 miles by rail S. of St. Louis, Mo., 141 miles W. by S. of Mobile, Ala., and 330 miles E. of Houston, Tex. Lat. of custom-house, 29° 58' N.; lon. 90°5' W. As a port of entry, New Orleans embraces a vast territory, including, besides its own port, the ports of Pitts: burg, Pa., Wheeling, W. Va., Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Cincinnati, 0, Evansville, Ind., Galena and Cairo, Ill., Burlington and Dubuque, Iowa, La Crosse, Wis., and Omaha, Neb., which are ports of delivery of the customs-district of New Orleans. New Orleans is the great cotton-market of the country, most of the cotton of Mississippi and a large part of that of Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas coming here for shipment; and it is the great centre of the commerce of the entire Mississippi Valley...
New Orleans was named in honor of the Duke of Orleans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV. Pop. in 1820, 27, 176; in 1830, 46,310; in 1840, 102,193; in 1850, 126,375; in 1860, 168,675; in 1870, 191,418; in 1880,216,090; in 1890, 242,039."
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- 1718 - May 7 - The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville .
historyorb.com - 1722 - Hurricane destroyed most of New Orleans
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1723 - New Orleans became capital of Louisiana
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1729 - March 15 - Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans
onthisday.com- 1778 - April 1 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
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April 1, 1778 - February 13, 1784 - Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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February 13, 1784 - 1788 - March 21 - Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
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March 21, 1788 - 1803 - January 11 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
December 20 - French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
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January 11, 1803 - 1815 - January 8 - Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew
historyorb.com - 1827 - Februray 27 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
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February 27, 1827 - 1830 - January 13 - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
historyorb.com - 1832 - Yellow fever and choloera epidemic killed more than 5,000 in New Orleans
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1837 - New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1838 - March 8 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
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March 8, 1838 
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872- 1853 - Yellow fever epidemic killed more than 11,000 in New Orleans
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1854 - New Orleans
New Orleans, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Orleans parish, Louisiana, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi river, about 100...Read MORE... - 1862 - April 25 - Capture of New Orleans LA by the Union under Flag Officer Farragut
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Bird's-Eye View of New Orleans
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.- 1864 - October 4 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
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April 10, 1864 - 1868 - September 22 - Race riots in New Orleans La
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September 22, 1868 - 1869 - Over $30,000
Only three persons in New Orleans return an income above $30,000, and the highest is $38,621.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 19, 1869 - 1874 - September 14 — Battle of Liberty Place: In New Orleans, former Confederate Army members of the White League temporarily drive Republican Governor William P. Kellogg from office,
replacing him with former Democratic Governor John McEnery. U.S. Army troops restore Kellogg to office five days later.
www.wikipedia.org - 1878 - July 12 - Fever epidemic in New Orleans begins, it will kill 4,500
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July 12, 1878 
Canal Bank- 1884 - December 16 – The World Cotton Centennial World's Fair opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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December 16, 1884 - 1884 - THE LEVEES GIVING WAY. A SERIOUS BREAK THREATENED AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, La., March 8. - The water in front of this city rose 5 inches to-day, and now marks 8 inches under the high-water mark, which is the top ...Read MORE... - February 13, 1889 - It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA.
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February 13, 1889 - 1891 - March 14 – In New Orleans, a lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians arrested but found innocent of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy.
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March 14, 1891 - 1892 - THE ENGINEER WAS DRUNK. Fatal Explosion in a New Orleans Ice Factory.
A boiler exploded in the factory of the Consumers Ice Company, at New Orleans, La., partly wrecking and setting fire fire to the building, killing ALB...Read MORE... - 1895 - THE EXPLOSION AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April 6. - At this writing but four bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the explosion which took place from some unknown cause a...Read MORE... - February 15, 1895 - Nine inches of snow blanketed New Orleans LA.
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February 15, 1895 - 1895 - New Orleans
New Orleans, or’le-anz (Fr. Nouvelle-Orléans, noo' vèll"-om"lā'b Nu'; Ger. New-Orleans, noi-ot'là-Anz), a city and port of entry of the state of Louis...Read MORE... - 1897 - BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally ...Read MORE... - 1899 - SUSPENDER SAVED HIS LIFE - Discharged Soldier Attempts to Kill a Bank Runner
New Orleans, July 17. - Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metropolitan bank, had just entered the bank today to begin his duties, when Englehart Biber...Read MORE... - 1900 - New Orleans - The Crescent City by Grace King
Sail across the blue waters of the Gulf and make your way up the mighty current of the Mississippi, like the leisurely traveler of yore, if you wish t...Read MORE... 
New Grunewald Hotel. Audubon Building and Maison Blanche. New Orleans, La.
"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was... Read MORE...- 1910 - BUILDING COLLAPSES; ONE KILLED. BAD ACCIDENT AT NEW ORLEANS - FIVE ARE INJURED.
(By United Press Leased Wire)
New Orleans, April 14. - An unidentified boy, 12 years old, was killed today and five persons were injured in the colla...Read MORE... 
Levee Scene- 1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which ...Read MORE... - 1927 - April 15 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
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April 15, 1927 
Pirate's Alley, New Orleans, La.- 1947 - September 19 - The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches.
The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort Laude...Read MORE... - 1948 - December 18 - WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
historyorb.com - 1960 - November 14 - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
historyorb.com - 1973 - January 7 – Mark Essex kills 9 people at the Howard Johnson's hotel in downtown New Orleans.
January 7, 1973 - 1977 - November 12 - New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial
historyorb.com - 1992 - Hurricane Andrew causes devastation in Florida and Louisiana
- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes... With Illustr. on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists, Volume 1
William C. Bryant
Appleton, 1872
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Bird's-Eye View of New Orleans
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Canal Bank
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was originally built by Louis Grunewald, a German immigrant, and opened in 1893 as "The Hotel Grunewald."
The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862. The building housed 200 rooms and opened in December 1893 to be ready for the 1894 New Orleans Mardi Gras season. The decision to build a hotel proved to be very sound as the other major hotel in the city, the St. Charles Hotel, was destroyed by fire soon after the Grunewald opened..." wikipedia)
New Grunewald Hotel. Audubon Building and Maison Blanche. New Orleans, La.
"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was... Read MORE...
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1718 - May 7 - The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville .
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1722 - Hurricane destroyed most of New Orleans
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1723 - New Orleans became capital of Louisiana
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1729 - March 15 - Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans
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1778 - April 1 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
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April 1, 1778
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February 13, 1784 - Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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February 13, 1784
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1788 - March 21 - Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
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March 21, 1788
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1803 - January 11 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
December 20 - French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
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January 11, 1803
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1815 - January 8 - Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew
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1827 - Februray 27 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
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February 27, 1827
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1830 - January 13 - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
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1832 - Yellow fever and choloera epidemic killed more than 5,000 in New Orleans
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1837 - New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade
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1838 - March 8 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
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March 8, 1838
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1853 - Yellow fever epidemic killed more than 11,000 in New Orleans
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1854 - New Orleans
New Orleans, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Orleans parish, Louisiana, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi river, about... Read MORE...
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1862 - April 25 - Capture of New Orleans LA by the Union under Flag Officer Farragut
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1864 - October 4 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
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April 10, 1864
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1868 - September 22 - Race riots in New Orleans La
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September 22, 1868
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1869 - Over $30,000
Only three persons in New Orleans return an income above $30,000, and the highest is $38,621. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 19, 1869
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1874 - September 14 — Battle of Liberty Place: In New Orleans, former Confederate Army members of the White League temporarily drive Republican Governor William P. Kellogg from office,
replacing him with former Democratic Governor John McEnery. U.S. Army troops restore Kellogg to office five days later.
www.wikipedia.org
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1878 - July 12 - Fever epidemic in New Orleans begins, it will kill 4,500
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July 12, 1878
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1884 - THE LEVEES GIVING WAY. A SERIOUS BREAK THREATENED AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, La., March 8. - The water in front of this city rose 5 inches to-day, and now marks 8 inches under the high-water mark, which is the top ... Read MORE...
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1884 - December 16 – The World Cotton Centennial World's Fair opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
www.wikipedia.org
December 16, 1884
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February 13, 1889 - It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA.
WeatherForYou.com
February 13, 1889
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1891 - March 14 – In New Orleans, a lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians arrested but found innocent of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy.
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March 14, 1891
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1892 - THE ENGINEER WAS DRUNK. Fatal Explosion in a New Orleans Ice Factory.
A boiler exploded in the factory of the Consumers Ice Company, at New Orleans, La., partly wrecking and setting fire fire to the building, killing... Read MORE...
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1895 - New Orleans
New Orleans, or’le-anz (Fr. Nouvelle-Orléans, noo' vèll"-om"lā'b Nu'; Ger. New-Orleans, noi-ot'là-Anz), a city and port of entry of the state of... Read MORE...
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February 15, 1895 - Nine inches of snow blanketed New Orleans LA.
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February 15, 1895
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1895 - THE EXPLOSION AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April 6. - At this writing but four bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the explosion which took place from some unknown cause... Read MORE...
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1897 - BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally ... Read MORE...
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1899 - SUSPENDER SAVED HIS LIFE - Discharged Soldier Attempts to Kill a Bank Runner
New Orleans, July 17. - Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metropolitan bank, had just entered the bank today to begin his duties, when Englehart... Read MORE...
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1900 - New Orleans - The Crescent City by Grace King
Sail across the blue waters of the Gulf and make your way up the mighty current of the Mississippi, like the leisurely traveler of yore, if you wish... Read MORE...
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1910 - BUILDING COLLAPSES; ONE KILLED. BAD ACCIDENT AT NEW ORLEANS - FIVE ARE INJURED.
(By United Press Leased Wire)
New Orleans, April 14. - An unidentified boy, 12 years old, was killed today and five persons were injured in the... Read MORE...
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1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which ... Read MORE...
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1927 - April 15 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
WeatherForYou.com
April 15, 1927
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1947 - September 19 - The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches.
The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort... Read MORE...
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1948 - December 18 - WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1960 - November 14 - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
historyorb.com
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1973 - January 7 – Mark Essex kills 9 people at the Howard Johnson's hotel in downtown New Orleans.
January 7, 1973
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1977 - November 12 - New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial
historyorb.com
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1992 - Hurricane Andrew causes devastation in Florida and Louisiana
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2005 - Hurricane Katrina
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