Bourbon Street horse hitching post - a photo on Flickriver

            New Orleans is a city steeped in history - from its Spanish archituecture to its old horse-head hitching posts that line the streets of the French Quarter.

New Orleans was founded in 1718 by French explorer Jean Baptist Le Moyne de Beinville. The site was chosen because of its relatively high ground along the flood-prone Mississippi River. It was adjacent to the trading route between the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain via Bayou St. John, and it was developed as an important colonial city. The city was named in honor of the then Regent of France, Philip II, Duke of Orléans.

It passed to the Spanish in 1763 following the Seven Year’s War as part of the Treaty of Fountainbleau. The United States was allowed the right to use the city’s important port as part of Pickney’s Treaty in 1795, and then control reverted back to France in the Treat of San Ildefonso.

In 1803, Napoleon sold the city as part of the Louisiana Purchase to the United States. During the 19th century, the city developed into an important commercial port for the fledgling United States, and by 1840 was the fourth-largest city in the nation — the largest city away from the Atlantic coast and the largest city in the South.

Taken on: April 5, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D300S, f/13.0, 1/60 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Lens:	50.0 mm f/1.8
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	400
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White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Macintosh)
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