simply look at a map and trace the Mississippi River and all of her tributaries. Everything that drained into the Mississippi was part of the Louisiana Purchase. Part of the reason Napoleon sold ...

Fifteen million dollars is the original amount spent by the U.S. to France for The Louisiana Purchase, and by today's standards, the price of the expansive territory is still considered a steal.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...