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Florida Parishes: United States
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The Florida Parishes are ecologically, as well as geologically, distinct from the other regions of the LPB. There is a rich diversity of habitat types within this region as Table 1 illustrates. The Louisiana Nature Conservancy ... recognizes this attribute and has created five nature preserves in this region. The five Florida Parish preserves are: Lake Ramsay, which protects the last remaining pine savannah habitat in the region; Abita Creek Flatwoods, which contains a variety of critical habitats and 24 species of rare plants, including the endangered Louisiana quillwort; Charter Oak, which protects a 160-acre bayhead swamp; Talisheek Pine Wetlands, which protects pine wetland habitat and provides habitat for the federally threatened gopher tortoise; and Pushepatapa Creek Preserve, the only officially protected site for a state-rare plant, the mountain laurel.
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Nestled deep in the Florida Parishes of SOUTHERN LOUISIANA is one of the State's hidden treasures, the REPUBLIC OFWEST FLORIDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM. Located in Jackson, La., just North-East of the capital city of Baton Rouge, this treasure of Civil War and military artifacts, antique cars, planes and carriages, Antebellum furnishings, ship models, wildlife, and musical instruments is a "must see" when visiting the Gulf South. The proud history that IS LOUISIANA is brought to life in every exhibit.
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During the Spanish regime in the Florida Parishes, a folk migration of Upland Southerners rolled across the district. It would have been normal in 1850 to have found families whose immediate corresponding relatives lived in the states from North or South Carolina to Texas or from the Ohio to the Gulf.
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Historically, the Pleistocene Terraces in Louisiana have been referred to as the Florida Parishes. These include the parishes of St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston, Washington, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana. Here, due to the abundance of well-drained land, the pressure from development and other land use changes is greater than elsewhere in the Basin. Consequently, the populations of the Florida Parishes are growing faster than anywhere else in the Basin, according to 1999 U.S. Census Bureau statistics (see Population Character of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin). St. Tammany, with a growth of 33.5%, has been the fastest growing parish in Louisiana for more than a decade. The population of Livingston Parish has experienced a growth almost as rapid during this time.
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Lallie Kemp Medical Center has been transformed, made over, and exists today as an acute care hospital, still fulfilling the primary mission of treating all citizens of the Florida Parishes. While the primary mission is the medically indigent, the hospital provides health care to all citizens of the State of Louisiana accepting Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and self-pay patients. Lallie Kemp Medical Center plays a role in the education of future health-care professionals through agreements with several area Technical Schools and Schools of Nursing for students to receive their clinical training. With 25 licensed beds, a complement of over 450 employees, and experiencing over one hundred thousand outpatient encounters annually, the hospital has become a major force in health care delivery in the area.
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The peninsula of Florida has been the point of origin for Spanish exploration in the modern United States and the site of intense conflict with Native Americans. Florida has existed under the flags of Spain, France, England, the United States, and the Conferedate States.
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