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REMASTERED – Episode 40: Everything Floats

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New Orleans, America's Oldest City

New Orleans was founded by the French Mississippi Company in 1718. Sitting at the mouth of the mighty Mississippi River, it acted like a doorway into the heart of America. The War of 1812 brought the first major dose of tragedy to New Orleans. John and Pierre Lafitte were smugglers who operated out of their blacksmith shop in New Orleans.

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