LOUISIANABY

THE PELICAN STATE

• State insect : Honey bee• State mammal : Louisiana black bear• State dog : Catahoula leopard dog• State reptile : Alligator• State flower : Magnolia blossom• State tree : bald cypress• State bird : pelican

Louisiana's state symbols

Louisiana's flag

State Motto

Union, Justice, & confidence

The name for residents is :Louisianans & Louisianans

The rank of people in Louisiana is :4,468,976

THEY ARE THE 22 STATE TOHAVE THE MOST PEOPLE

Famous people

• Louis Armstrong

• Jerry Lee Lewis

• Cokie Roberts

Louisiana's capital

Baton Rouge

Agriculture & Industry

• Rice, cotton, soybean,• Salt production ,oil and natural gas

Louisiana’s major rivers

• Mississippi, Red river, Ouachita, and Atchafalaya river

Famous events• In 1519 Alanso Alvar ex de Pineda led a expedition along the Northeru

shore of the Gulf of Mexico and discovered the mouth of a great river.

• Louis Juchereau de St. Denis founded Fort St. Jean Baptiste in 1714, present – day Natchitoches, the fist permanent settlement in Louisiana.

Louis Juchereau de St. Denis Alanso Alvar ex de Pineda

Origin state name

•Sieur de La Salle

Governor

• Bobby Jindal

Bordering states or countries

• Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas