A Swamp.
Although Spain was twice in control of the area.
Originally the first European explorers to visit Louisiana came in 1528. The Spanish expedition (led by Panfilo de Narváez) located the mouth of the Mississippi River. In 1541, Hernando de Soto’s expedition crossed the region.Then Spanish interest in Louisiana lay dormant.
The French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle named the region Louisiana to honor France’s King Louis XIV in 1682.
The French colony of Louisiana originally claimed all the land on both sides of the Mississippi River and north to French territory in Canada. The following States were part of Louisiana: Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Louisiana became a colony of Spain after the Seven Years’ War by the Treaty of Paris of 1763.
In 1800, France’s Napoleon Bonaparte acquired Louisiana from Spain in the Treaty of San Ildefonso, an arrangement kept secret for some two years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ildefens.htm
How well prepared is Tippecanoe County for disasters, like fires, or floods, or even the flu? The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette is holding a panel discussion on that topic next week, and we were joined this afternoon by the League’s Jean Andres. http://www.wlfi.com/subindex/community/18_interviews
From the “vaults”… Cajun/Zydeco band Acadiana performs “Back Door Cajun” at Channel Islands Harbor, in Oxnard, California, on April 27, 1997.
The African American Trailblazers honors the African American contribution to the American story and the significant accomplishments of twelve (12) heroic African Americans in areas such as the arts, sciences, politics, education, and business.
Carl, Jenny, and Jill driving around.
Flight over the marshes and bayous of Louisiana, from Bellechase to Grand Isle before hurricane Katrina
http://www.neofunkyman.ws Dianne Schuur – Louisana Sunday Afternoon
It’s time to settle this God issue once and for all. 
This band from Bruges, Belgium plays Roots music like Cajun, Rockabilly and fifties Rock’n'Roll, Bluegrass, Hillbilly and Tex-Mex.
Lil Wayne live in concert at the cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana