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New Orleans was build in a swamp. New Orleans had a terrifying yellow fever epidemic where nearly 8,000 people died. The city tried many methods for fighting yellow fever.
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Louisiana secedes from the Union. During the Civil War, on January 26, 1861, Louisiana became the sixth state to join the Confedrates.
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Modern Mardi Gras begin in New Orleans. It includes Mardi Gras parades including the organization called the Mistick Krewe of Comus.
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Louisanna's Reconstruction goverment approves a Constitution that extends voting rights to black males and integrates public schools and public accommodations.
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The 1884 World's Fair was held in New Orleans Louisianna. The site today is Audubon Park and Audubon zoo in up town New Orleans.
