NEW ORLEANS

EARLY HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS

• The city was founded by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne in 1718
• New Orleans is one of the famous cities in the U.S. as it is located in Louisiana
• The Choctaw was the native Americans that settled in the city
• It was built for the french settlement
• The Louisiana purchase was the most important event in the city's history

GROWTH OF NEW ORLEANS

• Population in 1860 was 168,675
• The population in 1900 was 287,104
• In 1920 it was 387,219
• Today it went down to 378,715
• Some Irish and German immigrants moved to the city since whenever

NEW ORLEANS-PLACES TO SEE

• New Orleans has a bayou tour
• French quarter
• Audubon zoo
• Jackson square
• New Orleans art museum

NEW ORLEANS EVENTS

• Mardi gra
• Bayou boogaloo
• Oktoberfest
• Fringe festival
• Praise fest

New Orleans
Come and join the fun with jazz, voodoo and mardi gra