See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

BATON See also:

• ROUGE (" red," from Lat. rubeus)

ROUGE  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, U.S.A., 'and of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

Baton See also:

• ROUGE (" red," from Lat. rubeus)

Rouge See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, on the E. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

• RIVER

river, about 70 M . N.W. of New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans . Pop . (189o) 10,478; (1900) 11,269, of whom 6J96 were of See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro descent; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 14,897 . It is served by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railway and by the Louisiana Railway & See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation See also:

• COMPANY

Company; and the See also:

• TEXAS

Texas & Pacific enters See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen, just across the river . The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city lies on the river See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff, secure against the highest floods . Old houses in the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style give quaintness to its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state capitol was built in 188o-1882, replacing another burned in 1862 . At Baton Rouge is the State University and Agricultural and See also:

• MECHANICAL

Mechanical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (186o), of which the See also:

• AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1780-1851)

Audubon See also:

• SUGAR

Sugar School, " for the highest scientific training in the growing of sugar See also:

• CANE

cane and in the technology of sugar manufacture," is an important and 'distinctive feature . The university See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew out of the Louisiana State See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary of Learning and Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, founded in 1855 near See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria and opened in 186o under the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of W . T . See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman .

In 1869 the institution was removed to Baton Rouge, and in 1877 it was See also:

• UNITED

united with the Agricultural and Mechanical College, established in 1873 and in 1874 opened at New Orleans . The campus of the university is the former See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks of the Baton Rouge See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison, occupied by the college since 1886 and transferred to it by the Federal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in 1902 . The enrolment of the university in 19o7-19o8 was 636 . Other important institutions at Baton Rouge are a State Agricultural Experiment Station, asylums and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for the See also:

• DEAF

deaf and dumb, for the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind, and for orphans, and the state See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary . The surrounding bluff and alluvial See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is very See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich . Sugar and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton plantations and sub-tropic See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit orchards occupy the front-lands on the river . The manufactures include See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and cotton See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed products, and sugar . The value of the city's factory products increased from $1:17,368 in 19oo to $1,383,061 in 19o5 or 92.8% . The city is, governed under a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter granted by the legislature in 1898 .. This charter is See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar in that it gives to the city See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to elect various administrative boards—of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, See also:

• FINANCE

finance, &c.—from which the legislative council of most cities is separated, Baton Rouge was one of the earliest See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French settlements, in the state . As a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, it passed into the hands of the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1763, and in 1779 was captured by Bernardo Galvez, the Spanish See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Louisiana . The See also:

• TOWN

town was incorporated in 1817 .

In 1849 it was made the state capital, remaining so until 1862, when See also:

• SHREVEPORT

Shreveport became the See also:

• CON

Con-federate state capital . In 1864 the Unionists made New Orleans the seat of government . The See also:

• SECESSION

Secession See also:

• ORDINANCE
• ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

Ordinance of Louisiana was passed on the 26th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1861 by a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention that met at Baton Rouge . On the 2nd of May 1862 the city was captured by the forces of the United States under See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col . See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin H . Grierson (b . 1826), who had led raiders thither from See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee; on the 12th of May it was formally occupied by troops from New Orleans, and was successfully defended by Brig.-Gen . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams (1815-1862) against an. attack by Confederate forces under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John C . See also:

• BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN CABELL (1821-1875)

Breckinridge on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1862; Gen . Williams, however, was killed during the attack . Baton Rouge was soon abandoned for a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month, was then reoccupied, and was held throughout the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . It became the state capital again in 1882, in accordance with the state constitution of 1879 .

For several years after 184o Zachary See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor made his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home on a See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation near Baton Rouge .