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Everyone knows that "Baton Rouge" is French for "Red Stick." But did you know that the city is named after a literal red stick? When wandering around Louisiana more than 300 years ago, French explorer Sieur d’Iberville spotted a cypress stick stained with blood of fish and animals on a Mississippi River bluff. The red stick served as the dividing line between the Bayougoula and Houma tribes’ hunting grounds.
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- 1719 - Baton Rouge founded
www.wikipedia.org - 1849 - Baton Rouge became capital of Louisiana
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1854 - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, a city, capital of the state of Louisiana, and seat of justice of the parish of East Baton Rouge, is situated on the left or E. bank of t...Read MORE... - 1862 - May 12 - Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
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1871 - A TERRIFIC TORNADO EXPERIENCED IN LOUISIANA. THE TORNADO IN LOUISIANA. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY - TWO NEGROES KILLED AND MANY INJURED --DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND BOATS $400,000.
New Orleans, May 4. - A tornado swept over Baton Rouge and vicinity on Tuesday, causing great destruction of property. Trees were uprooted, and bricks...Read MORE...- 1895 - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge,a city, the capital of Louisiana and of East Baton Rouge parish, is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 130 miles ab...Read MORE... - 1901 - Barns at the Angola Convict Farm Destroyed by Fire.
Baton Rouge, La., July 9. – One set of barns at Angola state farm, consisting of two buildings, was destroyed by fire at 9 p. m. Monday. The cause of ...Read MORE... 
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Baton Rouge, a city, the capital of Louisiana and of East Baton Rouge parish, is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 130 miles a...Read MORE... 
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La.
Postcard- 1922 - April 4 - WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
historyorb.com - 1928 - PLANE CRASH KILLS TWO.
Baton Rouge, La., April 12. (AP) - Lieutenant KENNETH BOYD, Washington, D. C., and Corporal ERNEST F. KOCH, Van Metre, S. D., were killed yesterday wh...Read MORE... - 1935 - September 8 – Carl Weiss kills Huey Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, in the Louisiana Capitol Building in Baton Rouge.
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September 8, 1935 
Hotel Heidelberg
"The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Heidelberg Hotel was a ... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1951 - BATON ROUGE BLAST WRECKS 3 GAS TANKS. TWO KILLED, 10 INJURED IN GREAT EXPLOSION AT STANDARD OIL.
Baton Rouge, La. - (U.P.) - A thunderous gasoline explosion killed two men and injured 10 and wrecked three 37,000 gallon tanks and two distillate tre...Read MORE... - 1953 - April 19 - WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
historyorb.com - 1969 - July 31 - National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La
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"The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Heidelberg Hotel was a favorite dwelling of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who had a seventh-floor suite. For a time it was known as the Capitol House Hotel, when under the management of former State Representative Chris Faser, Jr. Huey P. Long, John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Jimmy Carter, Will Rogers, and Fidel Castro were all guests of the hotel..." wikipedia)
Hotel Heidelberg
"The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Heidelberg Hotel was a ... Read MORE...
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1719 - Baton Rouge founded
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1849 - Baton Rouge became capital of Louisiana
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1854 - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, a city, capital of the state of Louisiana, and seat of justice of the parish of East Baton Rouge, is situated on the left or E. bank of... Read MORE...
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1862 - May 12 - Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
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1871 - A TERRIFIC TORNADO EXPERIENCED IN LOUISIANA. THE TORNADO IN LOUISIANA. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY - TWO NEGROES KILLED AND MANY INJURED --DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND BOATS $400,000.
New Orleans, May 4. - A tornado swept over Baton Rouge and vicinity on Tuesday, causing great destruction of property. Trees were uprooted, and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge,a city, the capital of Louisiana and of East Baton Rouge parish, is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 130 miles... Read MORE...
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1901 - Barns at the Angola Convict Farm Destroyed by Fire.
Baton Rouge, La., July 9. – One set of barns at Angola state farm, consisting of two buildings, was destroyed by fire at 9 p. m. Monday. The cause of ... Read MORE...
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Baton Rouge, a city, the capital of Louisiana and of East Baton Rouge parish, is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about 130 miles... Read MORE...
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1922 - April 4 - WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
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1928 - PLANE CRASH KILLS TWO.
Baton Rouge, La., April 12. (AP) - Lieutenant KENNETH BOYD, Washington, D. C., and Corporal ERNEST F. KOCH, Van Metre, S. D., were killed yesterday... Read MORE...
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1935 - September 8 – Carl Weiss kills Huey Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, in the Louisiana Capitol Building in Baton Rouge.
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September 8, 1935
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1951 - BATON ROUGE BLAST WRECKS 3 GAS TANKS. TWO KILLED, 10 INJURED IN GREAT EXPLOSION AT STANDARD OIL.
Baton Rouge, La. - (U.P.) - A thunderous gasoline explosion killed two men and injured 10 and wrecked three 37,000 gallon tanks and two distillate... Read MORE...
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1953 - April 19 - WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1969 - July 31 - National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, La
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