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Monroe (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 07 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -92.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Ouachita River in NE Louisiana; settled by Jean-Baptiste Filhiol & French pioneers who obtained a land grant from Spain in late 18th cen.; named for 1st steamboat to pass on river. |
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| Monroe (preferred,C,V)
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| Fuerte Miro (C,V)
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| Post of Ouachita (C,V)
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| Poste d'Ouachita (C,V)
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| Poste du Ouachita (C,V)
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| Prairie des Canots (C,V)
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| Prairie of the Canoes (C,V)
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| Puesto De Ouachitta (C,V)
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| Fort Miro (H,V)
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............ | from 1785 to 1819 |
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Ouachita (parish (political)) (P) |
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Monroe (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originated as Spainish trading post in 1785 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for chemicals & carbon-black gas field & wells |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces clothing, cottonseed oil, paper & paper products |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for cattle |
| mill center (C) |
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for lumber |
| educational center (C) |
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houses Northeast Louisiana University |
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