Baton Rouge is Louisiana's capital city, functioning as the epicenter for commerce and the state's government. The city has served as the state capital for 146 years, however, it has not always been ...

The original bill of sale for the Louisiana Purchase, signed by Napoleon Bonaparte, is now on display in Baton Rouge, on loan from the National Archives.

Napoleon Bonaparte's signature was scribbled diagonally on the treaty as if it were an afterthought. Make no mistake, it was far from a haphazard gesture. Bonaparte needed the money, and Thomas ...