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Louisiana Purchase

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Scenic header: The Teton Range in the fall. · NPS Photo/Tobiason · Photo credits

Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase

See also Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Nowadays Louisiana refers only to the state of that name.

The abbreviation LA can refer either to the state of Louisiana or the city of Los Angeles, California.

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Places & useful connections

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