The Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana is the worlds largest steel-constructed room unobstructed by posts.
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In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory. 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. The lands acquired stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. Thirteen states were carved from the Louisiana Territory. The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States.
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The Catahoula Leopard Dog, often called the Catahoula Hound, is the official Louisiana state dog.