by john amico. you can watch the program online are or on your website. the southwestern louisiana city. is located on the banks of the river 50 miles north of the gulf of mexico. and later named. for the founder. with the help of our sudden link. we will feature the local authors. we begin our special feature with the history of the city. charleston is a southwest corner of louisiana. the very southwest heel of louisiana. and it is the part of louisiana the bridges the west and the south the creole and the cajuns in the western culture in the southern culture all in one place. it actually started at the end of the 18th century. it's always been ever moat part. it's always been separate and apart in terms of by definition the purpose of the purchase was to buy everything drained by the mississippi. and because of that for about 50 years after the purchase this part of louisiana was essentially a no man's land with the undefined border between the new united states in the empire state. in the 1820s some of them are giving lands in the far western part of l

by john amico.