New Orleans Tid-bits
- 500,000 residents was the last census count
- Largest city in the Confederacy
- Country's largest sea port
- Major centers of the new oil industry
- Aliases: The Big Easy & The Crescent City
New Orleans History
- Settled by the French in 1718
- Sold to the Spanish in 1762
- Spanish then turned around and gave it back to the French in 1800
- Napoleon, 3 years later, sold it to the USA in 1803 along with a big stretch of land called the Louisiana Purchase.
- As a result of its past, New Orleans has French and Spanish cultures
Geography
- The Crescent City sits on the banks of the Mississippi, about 100 miles upriver from Gulf of Mexico
- North of the city lies Lake Pontchartrain, oval-shaped body of water about 40 miles across and 60 miles long
- Half the city lies below sea level
- Extensive levies and powerful elaborate pumps that is powered by Hellstromme Industries keep the place from flooding during heavy rains.
Government
- CSA President in 1935 is John Nance Garner
- Anti-union, favors laws and regulations that favor corporations and industry.
- He is expanding the Southern industrial base and oil industry but at the cost of the lowly workers.
- USA President in 1935 is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Baton Rouge is capital of Louisiana, but New Orleans is responsible for most of the states income.
- Mayor of the City is James McKendrew. Elected in 1932. Governor at the time Huey "Kingfish" Long introduced newfangled electronic voting machines to the city.
- The new mayor has made a name for himself in the past 3 years. He made significant improvements to the city.
- Newly paved streets
- Public Transportation
- expanded the electrical grid
- expanded the telephone network
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