Apparently Indians inhabiting the area marked a landmark or border with a "red stick" of sorts. Early Europeans to the area called it "Baton Rouge" which is French for red stick. Check more info. at http://lookforsite.com/hair/baton_rouge.HTML
I think that before the French, Baton Rouge had another name. The name of Baton rouge had to be some sort of other Indian tribe name right?
jakashia- yes Baton rouge did have another name before the french it was called Istrouma. i know this because i live in BR and they make us learn this stuff. lol especially if you got to istrouma high school or istrouma baptist church
Because the Indians (or native Americans) inhabiting the area marked a landmark or border with a "red stick" of sorts. Early Europeans to the area called it "Baton Rouge" which is French for red stick. Baton rouge did have another name before the french it was called Istrouma. which also means red stick in native American (don't know which tribe)
Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, King of France from 1643-1715. When René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by the Mississippi River for France, he named it La Louisiane, meaning "Land of Louis". (Wikipedia)
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It's named the Pelican State because that bird is very common. It's also the state bird.
Louisiana got the nickname the bayou state because it refers to like jazz
It was named after King Louis XIV, the French king when Louisiana was first colonized. The original French name, la Louisiane, means "the Land of Louis".
Louisiana is located on the Gulf Coast of the United States. It's nickname is the Pelican State. The nickname comes from the state bird.
Cajuns and Coonasses are the most common nicknames that are granted to Louisiana peoples. Creoles are another common nickname that is commonly used however this is not true. Creoles refer to the mix of the original hispanic populace and their slaves to the later combination of French immigrants.
The Brown Pelican State.
Bayou is the low land near a waterway.
Louisiana was named after King Louis XIV of France.
A Bayou.
Louisiana !!
One common nickname for Louisiana is "the Bayou State," since it really does have a number of slow-moving streams and marshy lakes.
i thought it was Mississippi ,but apparently its Louisiana
Louisiana is known as the "Bayou State"
Our Harvard on the Bayou
bayou state,the pelican state,sportsman paradise
Louisiana, which is also called the Pelican State.
Louisiana Bayou
The state name is Louisiana
Louisiana
The state of Louisiana has many nicknames. One such nickname is Sportsman's Paradise and another nickname is the Pelican State.
Louisiana got the nickname ''THE PELICAN STATE'' because of the abundance of brown pelicans everywhere