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On April 30, 1812, exactly nine years after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase, Congress admitted Louisiana as the eighteenth state in the Union.The convention requested that Congress add the Florida parishes to the new state, and Congress honored this request.n April 30, 1812, exactly nine years after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase, Congress admitted Louisiana as the eighteenth state in the Union.
Shreveport was established in 1837 in the southern part of the parish, and in 1838, the Louisiana portion of the Caddo cession, formerly a part of Natchitoches Parish, became Caddo Parish. Because the Indian agent had been so diligent in his duties, the migration of settlers to the southwestern United States beginning after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was precluded in the area.