The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S. of ...

This week (May 2) in 1803, the United States and France formally signed the treaty that transferred the Louisiana Territory, including the port city of New Orleans, to the United States for the paltry ...

On April 30th, 1803, American diplomats in Paris reached an agreement with the French government to purchase the Louisiana Territory for approximately $16 million. It’s a massive but imprecisely ...

President Thomas Jefferson had many reasons for wanting to acquire the Louisiana Territory. The reasons included future protection, expansion, prosperity and the mystery of unknown lands. President ...

On October 20, 1803, the Senate ratified a treaty with France, promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, that doubled the size of the United States. But was Jefferson empowered to make that $15 million ...

The United States and France completed the largest land deal in history on Dec. 20, 1803, in an agreement known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana territory contained all or parts of 15 ...

PARIS (WHTM) — Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte had a bit of a problem. Once upon a time, specifically in the mid 1700s, France was the biggest European presence in what would eventually become the United ...

LOUISIANA PURCHASE HISTORIC STATE PARK — One of the most important landmarks from early U.S. history is tucked away amid a swamp about 90 miles east of Little Rock. The site, among the smaller ...

Is there any truth to the rumor that President Trump plans to back out of the Louisiana Purchase deal? In my opinion, that was a bargain. How does he expect to get a better deal with France now? It ...

LOUISIANA PURCHASE STATE PARK — One of Arkansas' most secluded state parks, marking a location that played a key role in mapping America's westward expansion, is newly improved to provide a sharper ...