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The Florida Parishes had been the home of isolated groups of Native Americans for thousands of years. These Indians were hunters and gatherers and their presence near the lakes and bayous is still marked by large mounds of shells called middens. These mounds were used for elevated living areas and burial grounds. Indians still in the area after the Europeans arrived were either Tunica or Choctaw and many place names are of Choctaw origin.
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The Florida Parishes is home to Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) in Hammond. SLU, the fastest-growing college in Louisiana, is a major university that offers both bachelor's and master's degrees. The area ... is adjacent to major centers of higher learning, such as Louisiana State University, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans, Southern University, Loyola, Dillard, Xavier, and the University of Southern Mississippi.
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The first Europeans to enter the Florida Parishes, often thought to have been French, were actually British, particularly Scot merchants. They were followed shortly by agricultural settlers who took up plantations along the Manchac, Amite, and Mississippi Rivers, as well as at a few points on Lake Pontchartrain. These planters arrived from Britain or from older British settlements in the Atlantic colonies, especially South Carolina. After the Spanish capture of British West Florida, another British group began a second infiltration into the region, mainly by overland trails from the northeast and east. These people, often called "Upland Southerners" - despite their not being large-scale planters - ... brought Black slaves into the area.
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Located in the southeastern part of the state in the Florida Parishes, Livingston Parish is unique in several ways. North of Highway 190, the population is predominantly Anglo-Saxon Protestant, while south of Highway 190 you will find the French-Catholic population. The Free State of Livingston, established in 1832, was so named because of a philosophy of independence and self-reliance. The parish was built by a humble class of proud people. Come see the folk housing, low-land homes, largest Hungarian settlement in the state, grazing buffalo and deer. Sure to relieve the stress of a busy lifestyle are the tall willowy pines, lazy rivers, bayous, swamp tours, bird-watching and much more.
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According to EPA data, the water quality of the rivers and streams of the Florida Parishes is seriously impaired. None of the sub-basins in this part of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin fully meets EPA's designated use standards, and Bayou Liberty has a fish-consumption advisory for mercury.
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At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, Spain grants Florida to Great Britain, as British forces captured Havana, Cuba. (Spain required the port of Havana for its trade with Mexico and the Caribbean.) The British established large plantations in Florida.
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