Neville High School - Monroyan Yearbook (Monroe, LA)

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VViTh a hisTory as colorful as her soil is rich, Louisiana, The naTion's co- queTTe, TascinaTes a l l irnaginaTive minds. Frenchmen a nd Spaniards, Creoles and carpeTbaggers-all have had a hand in shaping her desTiny. Various Tribes oT Indians were The TirsT inhabiTanTs. HisTory records De- SoTo as The TirsT vvhiTe man To seT TooT on Louisiana soil, Though iT was leTT To The French To explore and colonize The TerriTory. BuTTeTed abouT Through poliTical TreaTies, Louisiana was nexT under Spanish rule, and Then back under French. They soon Turned her over To The UniTed STaTes, and The TerriTory oT Orleans became a sTaTe on April 30, l8i2. LOUISIANA LOOK! a if J' , , 34, . an s c ' f Q :, 1 Y 8 1 I x f

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Smoke billows from c h i m n e y s where once only coTTon fields sToodg The whir of machines is heard where once only The buzzing of bees a n d crickeTs disTurbed The calmg and Tree men ride To work where once slaves sweaTed under The broiling sun. This is The New SouTh-young and eager in iTs bid Tor indusTrial compeTiTion wiTh iTs sisTer regions. And Louisiana is keeping pace. The Esso STandard Oil Refinery in Louisiana is one of The largesT a n d mosT compleTe in The world, while Kaiser's planT is The largesT primary aluminum planT in The c o u n T r y. Louisiana is The second ranking pro- ducer of carbon black in The naTion, and leads in The producTion of paper- b o a r d and conTainerboard. Along wiTh numerous o T h e r indusTries, Louisiana is making iTs greaTesT gains in This Tield. LOUISIANA LOOK' ,Q.,,,,,M illliflil - E s , s T 0 aw