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The Louisiana Purchase has been described as the “greatest deal in real estate history.” Real estate agents today would cringe at the thought of how small the commission would have been considering the acreage! • In 1682 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed all of the territory drained by the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada for France. He named it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV.
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• The official ceremonies for the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France on November 30, 1803 and then from France to the U.S. on December 20, 1803 were held in The Cabildo Sala Capitular (Capitol Room) in New Orleans. The Cabildo now houses the Louisiana State Museum. • The huge purchase started as a negotiation for New Orleans and Western Florida, which actually stretched across the Gulf Coast to New Orleans and Baton Rouge at the time. Access to the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River for trade and sustainability of the new United States depended on this. continued on page 2!
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Page 2 LOUISIANA PURCHASE (continued) • The purchase of the Louisiana territory was for 827,987 square miles (2,144,476 sq km) for only $15,000,000! Even in those days it was a super deal! This acquisition doubled the size of the ‘new” country and greatly increased its status and economic power. • President Jefferson had appointed Robert R. Livingston, U.S. Minister to France and authorized him to purchase the City of New Orleans, portions of the east bank of the Mississippi River and free navigation of the river to allow for U.S. commerce. He was only authorized to spend up to $2,000,000. Now, he didn’t have email, a cell phone (or any phone for that matter!) so when news started leaking about possible revocation of the use of the port of New Orleans, decisions had to be made. • President Jefferson actually sent a special envoy, James Monroe, to assist Livingston and boosted the authorized spending to $10,000,000. When negotiations started, quick decisions were necessary. • N a p o l e o n Bonaparte, the leader of France, decided he wanted to “unload” the entire Louisiana Territory! His ministers were ordered to find out what the U.S. was willing to pay for the entire area. Livingston and Monroe were confused and not sure what to do since this was beyond their authority. With quick thinking, knowing it could take months to get approval from the president, they decided to open immediate negotiations. Smart move, boys! • The reason Napoleon wanted to make such a fast sale was that he wanted to boost his powerful army in Europe. He added the money from the sale of the Louisiana Territory to his war chest. Between 1805 and 1807 he became master over most of Europe. • Political posturing occurred then just as it does now. The Federalist Party, Jefferson’s opponent, was totally against the huge purchase. It helped the U.S. relations with France but definitely hurt standing with Britain. There were even plans for some of the northern states to secede from the United States. They considered the western real estate to be worthless desert and were not for westward expansion. Hmmm…wonder what they would say today?! • The Louisiana Purchase lands contained all or parts of present-day Arkansas, Mis-
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souri, Iowa, Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, nearly all of Kansas, the parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Rocky Mountains, the portions of southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta that drain into the Missouri River, and Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi River, including the most important city of New Orleans. • New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718 and its location as the southernmost major city on the Mississippi River made it extremely valuable. It was made the capital of New France in 1722. Spain gained control in 1763 but French influence still, to this day, remains strong. A lot of the French influence came from Acadians, who were Canadians who refused to pledge allegiance to the King of England and came south. Cajuns are the descendents of the Acadians.
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• New Orleans is old, but it is not the oldest city in the state. The oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase is Natchitoches (pronounced Nack-a-tish), in northwest Louisiana. It was established by the French four years before New Orleans in 1714. The beautiful brick Front Street with historic buildings dating from the 1800s overlooks Cane River Lake, which originally was part of the Red River, until Mention this ad for $500 off a pair of digital hearing the river decided to change its course. A instruments. 33-block area of the city is a National Hiswww.EchoHearingCenter.com toric Landmark District, with many historic homes, churches, and commercial build- • Another place to visit that has a lot of history ings. about the Louisiana Purchase is Louisiana • The best time to visit Natchitoches is when Purchase State Park, but it’s in Arkansas. the “City of Lights” is all lit up at its annual A National Historic Landmark is at the juncChristmas Festival. The festival has been tion of Lee, Monroe and Phillips Counties held the first weekend of December since to mark the initial point from which surveys 1927. The Christmas lights that reflect in of the property acquired in the Louisiana Cane River Lake stay on through the first Purchase were initiated. Two surveyors in week in January. 1921 discovered the gum trees that were marked by the first surveyors in 1815. • One more thing about Natchitoches – did you see the movie, Steel Magnolias? It • In the history of the United States, the Louwas based on a true story and filmed enisiana Purchase agreement is considered tirely in Natchitoches in 1989. by many to be second only to the Declaration of Independence in importance.
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Serious about Making Money? • On March 11, 1818, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheusm” is published. The book, by 21-yearold Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world’s first science-fiction novel. In Shelley’s tale, a scientist animates a creature constructed from dismembered corpses. • On March 10, 1876, the first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.” Bell had received a telephone patent three days before, just hours ahead of another inventor, Elisha Gray. • On March 12, 1903, the New York Highlanders are given the go-ahead by team owners to join baseball’s American League. The Highlanders had recently moved from Baltimore, where they were called the Orioles. The team officially changed its name to the New York Yankees in 1913. • On March 14, 1935, 6-year-old actress Shirley Temple presses her hands in cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. She first won attention with a song and dance in the 1934 movie “Get Up and Cheer.” • On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.” The top canine hero of World War II was Chips, who attacked an enemy machine gun nest in Italy, forcing the entire crew to surrender. The wounded Chips was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star and the Purple Heart -- all of which were later revoked due to an Army policy preventing official commendation of animals. • On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Barbie was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. Barbie’s appearance was modeled on a doll named Lilli, based on a German comic-strip character. • On March 8, 1969, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is introduced. The Trans Am was one in a series of muscle cars released by Pontiac in the 1960s, including the Grand Prix and the GTO designed by a young John DeLorean. (c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.
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• It was American sports writer Art Spander who made the following sage observation: “The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.” • With only two known to exist, the rarest U.S. postage stamp is the 1-cent 1868 Benjamin Franklin Z-Grill, so called because of the shape that was impressed into the stamp. One of the Z-Grills is in the collection of the New York Public Library, and the other was sold in 1998 for $935,000. That’s not the end of the story, though; in October of 2005, the same stamp was traded for a block of stamps valued at $3 million. • The next time you’re eating an Oreo cookie, consider this: It takes 90 minutes to make each cookie, and each one has precisely 90 ridges on the rim. • Hindus do not eat eggs, believing them to be a valuable source of life. • It may be hard to believe, but there is an official competition to see who can sit in a sauna for the longest period of time. The World Sauna Championships have taken place in Heinola, Finland, annually since 1999. The starting temperature is a sweltering 110 degrees Celsius (230 F), and a liter of water is poured on the stove every 30 seconds. The winner is the last person who is able to leave the sauna without assistance. Competitors participate at their own risk, and they are required to sign a waiver agreeing not to take legal action against the event organizers. • The word hippopotamus comes from the Greek for “river horse.” (c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Hearing Solution Facts More than 25 million people in the United States have a hearing loss and have never tried a hearing aid as a solution. Here are some of the main reasons why individuals did not pursue help. 1. Inadequate Information: Many people are not aware they have a significant hearing loss and therefore are in need of information. Most hearing loss is acquired gradually. This slow progression allows individuals and family members to adapt to the loss without realizing it. 2. Stigma and Cosmetics: Many individuals believe that people will view them as less competent, less attractive, or old as a result of using a hearing aid. Cosmetics no longer are a barrier to hearing aid use. With the advances of “open fit” technology hearing aids are now virtually invisible. Hearing aids now come in a variety of colors as well to match hair color. 3. Misdirected Medical Guidance: Many well meaning physicians give out inappropriate information regarding hearing loss and the treatments available, advising patients that they are not a good candidate for hearing aids if they have hearing loss in one ear only, if they
have “nerve deafness”, or if they can communicate in quiet. All three of these situations are now treatable with properly fit hearing aids. 4. Not Realizing the Importance of Hearing: Another reason for rejection of hearing aids is people have forgotten how important hearing is to their quality of life. We live in a noisy world where communication is key. Individuals who live with untreated hearing loss often withdraw from social situations, have increased anxiety, feel isolated, and can suffer from depression.
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don’t understand that hearing loss can restrict more than communication. Properly fit hearing aids have been shown to increase earning potential, improve relationships, reduce difficulty communicating, reduce frustration, enhance emotional stability, and increase the likelihood of attending social activities.
5. The Erroneous Belief that Hearing Aids Don’t Work: Many people judge hearing aids based on what they’ve seen their grandparents wear - old technology. 7. Price: Although hearing aids are available Recent research indicated that 90% of in a range of prices some individuals with hearing aid wearers were satisfied with hearing loss do not have the disposable their hearing aids and 93% of those income enabling them to purchase hearing same individuals stated their hearing aids. Here at Echo Hearing Center we aids had improved their quality of life. work with many charitable organizations With new programmable digital chips to help those in need receive the gift of and directional microphones satisfaction hearing. in noisy environments has improved as If you could use help hearing or know well. With “open fit” technology the user someone who could. Call Echo Hearing has a more natural sound quality, the fit Center and schedule an appointment to is more comfortable, and there is less have your hearing status and communication whistling (feedback). needs evaluated and appropriate treatment 6. Unrecognized Value: Most individuals for you and your lifestyle started.
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