The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-30

ma has been one Of tho States
s,erican Union ninety-five years
0yinc been admitted on April
Birthdays of the States are
6aIlv observed, California beng
exception, as September y,
ION day." is a legal holiday
s,tato. ii mas been suggested
NOUS public school educator
3 anniversaries of the adms,,
he several States be devoled
the children history classes
Ehview of tie story of 4 State,
is plan be generally adopted,
,en would rarely hear a more
sand romsntic tale than that
on the birthday of Louisiana
D first, and after a hundred
Sale, discovered the great
Il river, which flows into the
Mexico in what is now the
Louisiana. After La Sale
willie, father of Louisiana and
Z New Orleans, and the hrst
settlements were made.
had the stout-heartcl French
made a home for themselves
,r country was made the oasis
Of the greatest speculative
and financial frauds the world
sknown. John Law, a Scotch
brains, persuaded the French
Mt, though Philip Of Orleans,
4 bank and Issue bonds based
exploitation of this great
e Louisiana on the banks Of
ir Of Waters, then called in
; river Colbert. This was the
"Mississippi bubble, - the
(which shook Europe through
szh and worked la sting injury
Hntal European eutcrI rise in
aNor!'..
the "buhble' was at its
and its colors were dazzling
II the whole world, the city
s;leans was founded, in Febru
by Bienville, newly appoint
or. 1t was named in honor
saw's chief patron, Philip Of
egent of France. The older
- of Fort Louis on the banks
bbile then dropped into sec
s,pnrtance. 1t was found that
could come up through the
-he Mississippi, and Bienville
: against the Law company
u the ships up the Mobile.
q Orleans was five years old
french engineer, NJ. Pauger,
eport to the King saying the
Twas open to navigation from
And recommending system
10 deepen the channels. Just
Stem of jetties was success.
Sin by James B. Eads a CEN
kAa half later, under United
ervision.
;Dw was not to be the last
{.of an empire in Louisiana.
and dissolute Louis XIV. made
fsaty in l762 and gave Louisi-
comprising territory from
teen States have been carved,
sman, Charles III. of Spain.
sts did not know that they
deserted by their beloved
ldntry until two years later.
bitter resentment, for these
ns were good Frenchmen and
5s, and their love Of country
greatly strengthened at that
because of the influx of ex-
laus Who were driven from
bern homes by the crueltles
Iglish. So it cnme about that
ls of Louisiana dreamed Of an
tr republic and there was
N Tie Spanish were strong
Rut IL down Immediately, an
Hish Governor, Bloody
Eaused the patriots TO be exc
lie patriots of the English
v the East rose in rebellion
se French-Amercians of New
6mpathized with them, and
hna merchants sent supplies
hd ammunition to Washing
I. Not all the Spanish gov
ZIG of the type of "Bloody"
or the gallant young Don
e Galvez, who became gov
<oulsiana at twenty-one wears
led in Mexico as viceroy
fas thirty, has left an illus
e In 1881. just when the
troops under Washington
ing the victory in the war
edencc. Galvez defeated the
Pensacola and the Floridas
'ed TO Spain.
ar from English colonies who
lislana for safety were cared
.Ia aivez and given permission TO
:, " colony. They built a town
ID 1t In honor of the young
Ga!vez Town, now the Gal,
KnIch is the pride of Texas. II
,~iz who gave Louisiana the
AsIare IN the glory of the Amer.
d. IN the, Revolutionary war
mpaign against the English
Isiana was not yet through
E1estiny as foundation for
. empire Don Estevan Miro
,sIe Governor Of Louisiana IN
United States were quarrel
vg} themselves under the opera
EP inadequate articles of con.
Miro thought tho country
Eo pieces and that be might
2. Sf 1T for Spain. So he made
"th the pioneers who were
Ito Ohio, Kentucky and Ten
lacy depended on The Missis.
for commerce. and Miro
M The river. Miro grew so
the western part Of the
ties that the whole valley of
e$'rland river was named for
dlro, or Nero district. The
TX the Mississippi river became
Id Issue when Washington was
vsS Citizen Genet appeared in
ora, and the ''Spanish IN.
" as born. Jacobin societies
10y. were of strong pro-Span
,5Ities- The eastern states
f0tle or nothing for the settle,
Of the Alleghcnies, while
&C lsrs looked on Miro as thei1
lo iese dreams of Mississippi
liro from mnun+a,n .b,;n