Saltwater

Saltwater is a city in Louisiana, USA in Universe Prime. It is the home of vigilante super hero “The Saint of Saltwater”
The City is made up of several distinct districts:
* The Bayou - marshlands just south west of the city.
* Downtown - Main Business district
* Irish Point - Mostly Irish neighbourhood
* Old Town - Historic cultural district 
* Parish Harbor - Industrial district & port
* Phillipe Gardens - wealthy suburbs.
* River Park - docks & construction. South end of the city. 2nd poorest district.
* Scarlet Creux - Black neighbourhood in the south west of the city. The poorest district.
* Uptown - Upper class housing and business.
== History ==
Founded by the Spanish in 1620, the settlement was named “San Phillipe” before being taken over by the French in 1712 and renamed “Fort Louis” with the building of a stone fort on the edge of the bayou.
The land was taken by the British in 1765 who called it “Fort George” but was reclaimed by the French in 1770 with its name reverted to Fort Louis.
The territory became part of the United States in 1803 following the Louisiana purchase.
=== U.S Civil War ===
In 1861, the southern states seceded from the union and became the confederacy. As part of Louisiana, Fort Louis was part of the first wave of states leaving before April 15th 1861.
Despite Fort Louis’ location, much of the area south-west of the city was lost to the north by 1862 and even more so by 1863.
Regardless of this, the confederates managed to hold on to Fort Louis throughout the war with the famous “Battle of Saltwater” taking place in November 1864 being the final decisive Confederate victory of the war. General Duke ‘Saltwater’ Boomhower became famous for his initiative in the battle, successfully keeping hold of the city by ordering his troops to hide fully submerged in the bayou and lie in wait to ambush the union forces. This tactic worked effectively and ensured that the town would remain in Confederate control until the end of the war following the confederate surrender in 1865.
General Boomhower gained his nickname “Saltwater” from his tactic of camouflaging in the salt water of the bayou, in his memory the town became renamed “Saltwater” while the fort the town was build around retained its name of Fort Louis.
Since 1865, the town slowly grew into a city and is now the 3rd most populated city in Louisiana.
=== Modern Day Controversy ===
Recently, controversy has arisen over the city’s name honouring the legacy of a Confederate General. Many have campaigned to change the name of the city with some thinking it should revert to “Fort Louis” and others thinking it should go all the way back to “San Phillipe”.
Eventually the official ruling on the matter stated that the city’s namesake was indeed condemnable as his support of slavery and his willingness to defend his rights to keep slaves made him unable to be classed as a hero. But it was also far too much effort to change the name of the city and nobody would bother trying to remember; so Saltwater retained its name, but people are now officially discouraged from being happy about it.
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