Today in history: LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1803: Ownership of the territory formally transferred from France to United States.
Map shows the vast stretch of land shown April 20, 1953, nearly a million square miles, which the U.S. acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the subsequent westward and southward expansion that brought America to its present continental limits just half a century later, in 1953. The Louisiana Purchase involved total payments of $27,267,622. (AP Photo) BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published 9:00 PM PST, December 19, 2024
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