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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (48632)	11/30/2002 6:45:36 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I have no idea.

To: Ish who wrote (48632)	11/30/2002 10:18:14 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

I was going to guess NYC, but I google-peeked....is that fair...? . . New Orleans was founded in 1718, at the swampy foot of France’s huge Louisiana territory, and named after the Duc d’Orleans. Despite hurricanes, mosquitoes, disease and floods, settlers came and the city prospered. In 1762, the territory was secretly ceded to Spain. France regained it in 1800, only to sell it to the United States three years later in the Louisiana Purchase. Drawn by the rich plantations and thriving port, the Americans came seeking their fortunes. During the nineteenth century, New Orleans boomed with trade from the cotton and sugar plantations and, by 1860, was the wealthiest city in the country.