Explore what was the Louisiana Purchase. Check how this historic land deal doubled the US, its significant history, the vast map of acquired territory, and fascinating facts.

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

The film discusses the settlement of the Mississippi Valley in the early 19th century, following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States. It describes the mass ...

The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

This page from an elementary school history book is a map of the Western US, showing the area covered by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Text deals with the area of land and its significance in our ...

This map of the Louisiana Purchase (1803) shows the Red River as the dividing line between New Spain and the United States. Image is public domain. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, ...

Louisiana Purchase State Park is located south of Brinkley. From I-40 at Brinkley, take U.S. 49 and travel 21 miles south, then go two miles east on Arkansas 362 to the park. The park is open 6 a ...

Hermann; La. purchase; letters. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.