Warmest Winter in History: More than 20 Cities Break or Tie All-Time Records. The winter of 2014-15 has been so exceptionally and persistently warm across the western third of the United States that more than 20 cities have tied or broken all-time records for the warmest meteorological winter (Dec. 1 through Feb. 28/29) on record.
The Louisiana Purchase occurred during the term of the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, (1757-1826). Before the purchase was finalized, the decision faced Federalist Party opposition; they argued that it was unconstitutional to acquire any territory.
The states that would be created from the Louisiana Purchase include : Arkansas , Missouri , Iowa , Oklahoma , Kansas , Nebraska , parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River , most of North Dakota , nearly all of South Dakota , northeastern New Mexico , the portions of Montana , Wyoming , and Colorado east of the Continental Divide , ...