Subject: FYI: Louisiana

Just in case Hurricane Katrina causing the levees to break in New Orleans is the only thing you know about Louisiana, read the following to learn a few more facts:

The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans is the largest enclosed stadium in the world.

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest over-water bridge in the world at 23.87 miles.

Baton Rouge was the site of the only American Revolution battle outside the 13 colonies.

The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase was made at the Cabildo in New Orleans on December 20, 1803.

Louisiana's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest in the nation.

The oldest City in the Louisiana Purchase Territory is Natchitoches, founded in 1714.

The first bottler of Coca-Cola, Joseph Biedenharn, lived in Monroe, La.

Delta Airlines got its start in Monroe.

Louisiana is the No. 1 producer of crawfish, alligators and shallots in the nation.

Louisiana produces 24 percent of the nation's salt, the most in the country.

Much of the world's food and oil passes through the Port of Orleans.

Louisiana has the tallest state Capitol in the nation at 450 feet.

The staircase at Chretien Point, in Sunset, was copied after Tara in "Gone With the Wind".

Tabasco holds the second oldest food trademark in the U.S. Patent Office.

Steen's Syrup Mill is the world's largest syrup plant, producing sugar cane syrup.

America's oldest rice mill is the KONRIKO Co. in New Iberia.

The International Joke Telling Contest is held annually in Opelousas.

The Louisiana Hayri de radio show helped Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash achieve stardom. It was broadcast from KWKH Radio in Shreveport from 1948.

So there!! Now you know the rest of the story!!!!

*Thanks for reminding me of home Taylor! Baton Rouge, Louisiana*