Louisiana's Lawless Territory: The Neutral Strip Explained
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2020
- In the history of the U.S.'s expansion, Louisiana's Neutral Strip-the result of European and American tensions in early North America-stands out as an interesting side-note. Thanks for watching.
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[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral...)
[3] www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/A...
[4] • The History of North A...
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I lived in the "no man's land" in a town called Robeline, Louisiana.. I was told it comes from Robbers Lane, as it was an outlaws hideout
Our family owned a ranch just north of Logansport , La and our western fence line was the Texas -Louisiana boundary . There was , and still is a marble pillar about 6 feet tall marking the boundary with inscriptions on the East and West sides The East side reads United States boundary 1842 AD . The west side reads Republic of Texas . We always just used it for a fence post until some archaeologists found out about it , and my Dad donated it and a couple of acres for a roadside park
I've been there. It's the only remaining (known) international boundary marker still intact within the contiguous 48 United States.
@@jedsudweeks6676 when I was a kid it was all overgrown with brush and nobody knew it was there .When the roadside park was put in some rednecks put a chain around it and tried to steal it . They broke it in half but it was repaired .
Thats cool
My ancestors bought all the land between Lafayette and the Mermentau River from that Atrakapas chief, Nez Pique. The US government disallow wed and took from them when Louisiana was purchased, so it was all in the USA
I think there is one of these right around the intersection at Deadwood
My first French ancestor was Jean Baptist Brevel who was a reinforcement soldier for the Post de Natchitoches in 1725 for the Caddos against the Natchez war. He married a Caddo named Marie Ann Descadeau (her Christian name). The area is rich in history. The Lafitte pirates used the Calcasieu river and had a base near Lake Charles where my cousin still finds artifacts working in their back yard. That lawless area was a hotbed of Union sympathy during the Civil War, so much so the confederates had to build a road very far east of the Sabine River to move supplies because between Union gunboats and a hostile population they could not get thru.
I’m sad that the original culture of Louisiana is being rapidly depleted, all the “old ones” who still spoke Creole or Cajun French and maintained family traditions are either long dead or in their late 90’s. I’m thankful I was able to learn creole from my grandparents, by proxy mainly because the old folks used to like to speak French around people when they were trying to be messy 😂, but thankfully my young mind was malleable enough to catch on back then, in later years I taught myself how to write it as well, to teach my kids and extended family. I didn’t really see the impact of my efforts until my young niece’s & nephew’s began picking it up after a few years and are now fluent young adults. It was certainly a blessing, to be able to preserve my heritage & identity something people in Louisiana need to desperately do. The influx of outsiders from northern & midwestern states “Merikan” did us no favors during the oil/industrial boom, my grand parents told me stories of how these people went out of their way to make the native locals feel ashamed of their culture and language by calling them backwards for adhering to their own culture, family values, speaking their own language & sticking to their religion. If you have Creole or Cajun roots or both, you need to put the pedal to the metal and conserve as much of your family history as you can, the ship is sinking fast. There used to be a joke going around a long time ago about us all being related, I think there some truth to it😂😂😂
As a half Hispanic from New Mexico I can empathize with you, I sadly am not as fluent as I was in Spanish as a teenager though I can communicate, but my kids are just regular white Americans now, I'm like the last of my kind knowing the old ways sayings and stuff, they know about traditions and stuff but the language has been lost... Would be cool to have a school or something here to re introduce the old ways and language.
South West Louisiana "Acadiana" was promised to the Cajuns by King Phillip of Spain,My ancestors were brought here to be a buffer between Indians of eastern Texas and the rest of Louisiana. Most Acadians"Cajuns today" were half Mi'kmaq Indian from Nova Scotia. My great grandparents were both half Indian in 1785.
I live in the Deridder area in the heart of the old neutral strip. 😎
I heard some of the Houma were called Sabine. And supposed to be derogatory term. 🤔
Most Cajuns think they are white when England sold alot of them into slavery to the Carolinas and Jamaica most died. The ones who were bought by louisiana were locked in slave pens in Algiers louisiana its still on Wikipedia if they didn't pull it down look up Algiers louisiana There was no need for chains the swamp was meant to be slave pens Cajuns made it a home instead. Cajuns are a mixed race people European native and even black.
Métis. While French and Native mixing and specific communities and identities were common in French territories in the formative US, the reality of the same in Eastern Canadian Provinces is intensely denied.
@@MeauxSTTDB nobody is just 2 things do a dna test
I live in West Louisiana and only found out about this portion of my region's history about 10 years ago when I stumbled across an article about it during the celebration of Louisiana's 200 years of statehood. I've always loved history but had a very limited understanding of my region's history until that point. Since then I've researched everything about our local history and find it extremely compelling and fascinating. For those who have never visited West Louisiana, for the most part, we have more in common with the culture of East Texas than the south Eastern French area of Louisiana. It's a very awesome place to live if you're connected to nature and the outdoors.
Your right south east texas and south west Louisiana are about the same. It don’t change till you get to Lafayette..
I grew up in DeRidder, right in the middle of this territory. I never knew this history until recently. We weren't taught about this in school.
I suggest reading Louisiana Outlaws. The author is from mcneese University
@@snakemanmike you look like an Oretta hand 😂
i wasn’t even even familiar about this history until a read a flier of the freestate festival in florien louisiana and a friend of mine competed in a pageant there. i group up in leesville louisiana.
My ancestor Reverend Joseph Willis led a wagon train into Neutral Ground in about 1802-03. Settled around modern day intersection of Allen,Rapides and Vernon Parishes.Those people called themselves ten milers, after a creek named10 mile creek which flows to Calcashieu River.
We’re probably distantly related. My mom is from the area. Thompsons, Doyle/Dials, Mancils, Wests, etc. all in my family history. My great grandma was a little girl when the battle of Westport took place. Her dad made her lay down in the wagon to hide.
I love being from Natchitoches, LA, it’s deep history and beautiful country.
That where I’m from/ now I live in Colorado.. stay dry I miss the rain up here..
Louisiana and texas argued over the territory of Natchitoches for years, as well as the bounds of Toledo Bend resevoir
I would love a video on Jean leffite sometime ! He's a pirate from louisiana and was pretty instrumental in history.
As well as his 'influence' would primarily be in the area of creation of piracy laws due to his, his brother's & their many associates actions all over the Gulf coast(in its entirety).
Nevertheless, he is an interesting figure in history without doubt!
@@AnneDoyle71 doesn't matter where he was from matters what he left and my home town was founded off the people trying to find where he left his gold
@@AnneDoyle71 yes I understand that , but he is known for his time around Louisiana Is my point
@@percky-doo-dooWhat’s the name of that town?
@@SaltyDog69 lake charles
Very cool! I live around there, love learning about Louisiana history and culture!
Sarah, could you please tell me something very weird but interesting facts about Louisiana?
You make great videos! Although some of your content could also be found on Wikipedia, a foreigner like me would never have known or searched for content like the Neutral Strip. These videos have really enhanced my knowledge on Geography in the United States. Excellent as always!
Thanks! Trust me, you're not alone -- I hadn't heard of this topic either until a few weeks ago.
What kind of feriner air ya? New Yawk, Bahston or one of them other yankee cities? Don't take kindly ta yankees myself. Now folks from across the ocean, they don't rub me the wrong way. We could converse!
I am from south Louisiana. This is a beautiful state. We have so many different peoples. French, ,Creole Spanish and Indian. We have so many natural resources. I have always loved living here.
German, Scots-Irish, African, Canary Islanders, Italian, Vietnamese, Laotian
We live in Lake Charles;
New Iberia
wow...You seemed to have left off some people who are also very beautiful.
So just french creole spanish 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm very glad to have found someone covering this!
I'm barely north of the neutral strip ,here in shreveport bossier area, never heard about this even in my "louisiana lagniappe" class
Lake charles is supposed to have been founded by people look for Jean Lafitte gold
Me too. Don't remember hearing about it back in grade school. I played many highschool basketball games in that area
Epic video, you do a good job making something interesting out of a topic I’ve never heard of, good job man!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Props on pronouncing Calcasieu correctly! It can be a pain in the rear.
im kinda shocked he did lol. our former president couldnt even do it lmao
Where is your UA-cam etiquette? I need a timestamp
Another great upload!
Thanks man!
Never had any idea about this. Very interesting!
Very good video. The eastern map boundary on your map ends at the Ouiska Chitto river, yet you mention the eastern boundary as the Calcasieu!
Well done! Thank you!!
I kinda had heard of that before, but was unaware really, about it.
This subject would make a good setting for a novel or movie.
Write it!
Love your Broadcasting voice bro.
It went west to the Neches River at Beaumont so Orange was lawless
Fascinating!
I saw a few of your videos before but I didn't realize how small your channel was until now, great videos, and if i may ask for a video id love to see a video similar to the one you did on Morroco for Kashmir or Kurdistan, I love the videos so far keep it up!
Kashmir is on my list -- Kurdistan would be interesting as well! Thanks for the support.
I would love to find the video of this, where would I find one?
The crazy thing is that now this area is a good tourist spot and has some of the best educational and athletic programs in the state
It was so cool driving through Louisiana and hearing French Zydeco music on the radio. Interesting place.
You should try the food.
Zydeco is more NOLA style. Cajun music is the rest of south LOUISIANA.
Coushatta is right at the north boundary of the no man's land. Huell Babineaux, that magnanimous hero of the parish, traveled thru the Acadian territory before heading west.
One night in Albuquerque, he met Jimmy in a local bar.
And the rest is history...
First time I'm hearing about this fact of American history
I'm down there in the corner of Texas, where the woods start. "The Big Thicket".
435! Well done, you should crank back up! Quality content!
I grew up in Starks La 6 miles from the La/Tx border and the area remained “lawless” for years up until recent times.
Excellent.
My dad's dad was from the Calcasieu river area. My dad's mom people was from the Sabine River area by Logansport
I'm from Calcasieu
Always looking for history on my home state.
This explaims Shreveport and its residents attitude toward pesky things like "law" lol
Every rest stop throughout lousianna is a gamble with your life.
Ahhh the good ole days...just plant a flag in someone's yard, claim it then turn around and sell it to someone else.
What about new orleans. It's the most lawless .
Thank you Miss was the interesting segment of American History I was unaware of. Modern question is is the federal government going to have to send in federal troops to calm the lawlessness of many parts of the United States? Not legal to do so but what the heck 😞.
I live not far from the Texas line neat to know
Cool 😎 🤙🏻
Dang it. For a second I thought that strip of land wasn’t part of America. I wanted to move there and set up a new government. Lol, thanks for the explanation👍
This situation still haunts the region to this day. It is under developed and still somewhat lawless in the modern era.
Start looking at demographic and medical diagnosis in the region (including west of Sabine River) and you will find a trend: it was lawless then, and lawless well into the 20th century... and to this day still... interesting.
My family lived there
No man's land, now they call that Shreveport
Yeah, With a George Soros backed DA that’s a lot of it !
Neither England or France ever had all that much problems with Spain they was always to busy fighting each other.
I now better understand the Louisiana purchase
Been there and love the people I met
Red bone country!
❤
No Neutral Zones aren't just something in Star Trek, interesting...
Yup all up and down through that strip we fought our chickens to the very end man them was some fun time
And none of them really owned it .
Algo 👋 also parallel stories about abduction of Sabine women. Rome and Louisiana. Still trying to make connections if any. 🤔
What you mean. Any links
Half the folks in Louisiana ain’t even Cajun just claim to be
America refers to the continent, the country is the United States.
it's strange as the British , French and Spanish never had any border disputes in Europe, we all got on like a house on fire :)
My dad claims that to this day outlaws still hide out there.
It is still a haven for criminals. There is lot of drug trafficking from Texas into this area and then on to east, west, and northern states. Highway 171 is a safe, fast, straight shot to Interstate 20 and east/west/north distribution lines. This area is situated between two international shipping ports and two international airports. Start counting these avenues for drug shipments in addition to all of the drugs that come across the Texas border, and you will begin to get a clearer picture of how it is still No Man's Land. Drug money is easy money in Louisiana.
I'm from Mansfield
I live here
Garland baby!
How did America negotiate their claim to the neutral strip finally?
They signed a treaty and setup a marker in the Sabine River. My family has been here since it was actually called No Man's Land.
It's amazing what all a person can learn from reading the chats, thanks for sharing! I'm from Mississippi and all I know about Louisiana is next to nothing, I've only passed through when going to Texas.
How can anyone say these governments owned anything only the indians owned the country and anything else.
1:41 FYI, it’s incorrect to include ordinals (nd, rd, th) when writing dates: April 30, 1803 is correct.
Thanks, Karen
@@nedstarkravingmad1799 Your welcome
@@lmlm_ FYI, it's incorrect to use "your" when you mean "you're" when trying to be a pedantic knob.
@@nedstarkravingmad1799 I no, that wuz a jok
Yeah nowadays it is shreveport
We from from Pointe Aux Chen on a Native American Reservation and there’s a lot to be said there about this government and how they stole our land and still to this day!!!! But God will return every dime and every piece of land they stole 100 fold!!!!
This is a cool video but there's no information about what all this stuff meant for life on the ground day to day there.
What do expect him to do spend his whole life researching this. Do it yourself
It’s still lawless
"Louisiana's Lawless Territory"
You're going to have to be more specific.
Any district that Kennedy represents.
West Florida would be the Pan Handle.
Are you talking about the current panhandle, or the original panhandle?
West florida was the area around Slidel, Hammond, pearl river area.
@@jameseast7966 I'm wedged between Bogalusa, Franklinton, and Covington. I do know that West Florida stretched as far west as Tangipahoa Parish. I don't know about anything west of that towards the Mississippi.
The neutral zone sounds like a perfect place for sovcits to set up shop.😆
No man's land next red dead redemption 😂
I just try to go at night and drive fast don't stop anywhere. God help you if your tires pop or tour car dies.
Cause you will be robbed
Yeah, In one of the Cities ! About like all the other cities !
damn, i'm from no mans land? lol. thats kinda funny
Greeks were here before the Spanish Spanish was for Christianity Greeks transferred to Islam about 3 million Greek migrated back overseas between 1600 to 1800s Acadian iota is Islamic New Orleans Crescent City Islamic Alabama Islamic on and on
No info on the Indian removal act here, bias.
Calcasieu seems more like Texas than Louisiana these days.
Bite your tongue
It's all american now.
Napoléon was an usurpator he had no right to sell French territories, therefore the deal is illegitimate and void. Just like stolen property cannot be kept by a buyer even if he didn't know the property could not be sold by the thief. Therefore Louisana remains French currently occupied by United Statians. As for the money paid by Jefferson it's has to be recovered from Napoleon's descendance, not France.
For now USa is a rogue state that would not move out of French territory of Louisana and France does not have the military force to evict United Statian presence in France but if France ever develops advanced weapons that gives it dominance it will enforce its ownership and expel foreign presence from its Louisana territory.
I guess if it’s that way we should have left France in German hands in both World Wars !
@@winnon992 Absolutely false claims ! Usa played no significant role in the outcome of WW2 on the European theater. It is Russia who won WW2 against Germany and decimated its core armies at the loss of over 20 millions Russian souls on the Eastern front !!! The UK/Usa press operation of D-day only caused a few thousands dead at the most on the US side it was a propaganda affair after Usa had stayed out of the war for years now that It became clear the Russians had won, Usa didn't want to be left out from treaty discussions.
With or without Usa, Germany was already done for and the arrival of the late USa bridgades only sped up the removal or remnant occupying military forces in France. The Germans declared the defeat for Germany is certain, Germans army had been destroyed by the Russians.They were no longer fighting for victory but to save their heads from capture, they retreated to Germany to change to civilian clothes and their focus was on how to survive.
As for WW1, big hypocrisy, Usa had a lot at stake as well it did not come to free France. It contributed 30% of the counter allied force led by French General Foch.
Last and most importantly, Usa would not exist without France. It is France alone that helped USA to win its independence war from England, by providing huge monetary funds to support the Usa war effort. Today Usa would be New-England under the English banner and Flag if not for France. USa owes a huge debt to this day to France for its existence.
I can't be bothered to spell it correctly. It just doesn't matter.
You'll never use that word or anything from that state.
It smelled godawful until about an hour from the Texas border.
Anytime I had to drive from Texas to Florida... That state is the worst
The roads literally crumbling under the car wheels and it's just flat.
And.... It just smells soooo bad.
Yeah just let god wash Soddam and ghommorah away
Okay it just smells from Pensacola Florida to the Texas border.
It's just like humid fish.
it would probably smell better if you turned off the heated seats in your car.
@@josiahjosiah534 why the hell would I have had the heat on driving through that godforsaken state.
Are you assuming so you can retort with a zinger or where did I say the heater was on?
@@josiahjosiah534 and with that logic suddenly as I hit the Texas border my pussy stopped stinking?
So I caught something in my twat but the stink cured itself? Or that everyone has a stinky pussy in lousianna?
@@josiahjosiah534 no one in the state of lousianna can afford heated anything. Have you been there? Only place that's poorer is Mississippi.
@@josiahjosiah534 And if it stinks when you turn on your heated seats ma'am... Well that sounds like a personal issue that you need to see a doctor about
Shiiiit lake charles is still lawless today.
😂not true acadian were ru out of Europe, and later canada. Not Britain . They were catholic , a holy war ,unwanted . Now they call them cajan. . Atakapa indains were here. French and Spanish to. It was not king Phillips too give.
I just can't say enough bad things about Lousisana.
When hurricane Katrina hit NOBODY WANTED TO TAKE IN THOSE REFUGEES FOR ANY REASON. AND ITS NOT CAUSE OF THEIR RACE JUST NO ONE WANTS A CAJUN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SHADY PEOPLE.
SOOOOO SHADY
Wow. That’s so insulting. I’ve lived In Louisiana most of my life. I’ve known plenty of Cajuns, and they are hard-working people (most of whom are Catholic) and good people. You may have run into some bad people, like anywhere else, but it’s ridiculous to generalize an entire group based off of just your experience with a few.
@@EricT3769 says a CAJUN lol
@@MagdaleneDivine Doesn’t invalidate my point.
@@EricT3769 she's just an angry twit with no real knowledge of Louisiana. I was born and raised here in coonass land and to have my Cajun ancesters belittled by anyone is a bit upseting. All of my family are hard working people. Won't take the public dole, never did, never will. We've all done pretty damn good for our families. I've been all over the world as a U.S.MARINE, 21 years and there's no place like home. This lady should drive I- 40 if it's too scary down here.
Not very bright are you girlie? No, no you're not.
I wanted to like Louisiana but it's muggy and damp and it's just... Like why would anyone live there?
We know there's no way you're gonna settle here so we feel safe. Yeah this is the place to be. 😂
@@smyers6211 its not my fault Louisiana sucks.
@@MagdaleneDivine The blue city urban jungles will get you killed but the rest of Louisiana is quite livable. Every state has aspects that suck but even California has some very sane, conservative areas that are actually nice.
Most of Louisiana is still lawless.
Yeah, Look around at other places. About the same, better than most except New Orleans.
A scum hole !
ummm, why are you speaking in such a dead pan manner?
Aka every democrat run city 🤣
Now its a police state
We lived in Lake Charles for about a year around 1981, and holy hell - that has to be the worst place to live in the US. The place constantly smelled bad and the people were kinda mean and trashy. At least back then.
I live in Lake Charles currently and it’s nothing like that and growing rapidly
@@DeltonDoucet it still randomly smells sometimes but yeah LC is growing. esp comparing from the first year after hurricane laura
Some of the smell comes from one or more of the petrochemical plants that have been prominent in that area for at least 60 years. As ANTONYO implied, the intensity can sort of depend on wind direction and wind speed. Also, there used to be sulfur mining operations a bit to the west of Lake Charles, and sulfur is naturally somewhat intense in smell. Don't know if that's still a thing nowadays, but it could have been in the time you refer to.
I lived there as a child and in the 50s and 60s to me it was a paradise, fishing, hunting and big extended family and fireworks!
@@stevenhall2408 That's one thing I did enjoy, my dad took us fishing and crabbing around the area a lot.