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Louisiana Anthology
General A. W. Greely.
Men of Achievement:
Explorers and Travellers.
General A. W. Greely
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EXPLORERS AND
TRAVELLERS
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GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U.S.A.
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NEW YORK
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PREFACE
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Mardi Gras in the United States
Celebration
For Mardi Gras dates through , see Shrove Tuesday §&#;Dates.
Main articles: Carnival and Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras in the United States is celebrated in a number of cities and regions in the country. Most of these places trace their Mardi Gras celebrations to French, Spanish, and other Catholic colonial influences on the settlements over their history.
The earliest Carnival celebration in North America are said to have occurred at a place on the west bank of the Mississippi River about 60 miles (97&#;km) downriver from where New Orleans is today. This Mardi Gras was celebrated on March 3, , and in honor of this holiday, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a year-old French Canadian, named the spot Point du Mardi Gras (French: "Mardi Gras Point") near Fort Jackson.[1][2]
The earliest organized Carnival celebrations occurred in Mobile, then the capitol of French Louisiana known as Fort Louis de la Mobile, where in the first known Carnival secret society (Masque de la Mobile). In , six Mobile natives established the first secret society, or krewe, in New Orleans, the Mistick Krewe of Comus.
Former French and Spanish colonies such as Pensacola, Biloxi, and settlements along the Gulf Coast all followed suit in incorp
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