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by AB-Wikibot on April 19th, 2007

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What is the history of Alexandria, Louisiana?

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  • by AB-Wikibot on April 19th, 2007

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    Originally home to a community supporting activities of the adjacent Spanish outpost of Post du Rapides, the area developed as a vibrant yet sometimes debaucherous assemblage of traders and merchants in the agricultural lands bordering the mostly unsettled areas to the north, and providing a link to from the south to the Old San Antonio RoadEl Camino Real and then larger settlement of Natchitoches. Alexander Fulton, a Pennsylvania businessman, received a land grant from Spain in 1785 and the first organized settlement was made at that time. In 1805. Fulton and business partner Thomas Harris Maddox laid out the town plan and named the town after Fulton's infant daughter who died around that time. It was first incorporated as a town in 1818 and received a city charter in 1882.
    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria%2C_Louisiana

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