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La Salle's Landing

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In 1682 the French explorer Robert Cavalier de la Salle landed in an Indian village later to be known as the city of Kenner. Proclaiming ownership in the name of Louis XIV, King of France, he erected a cypress cross to commemorate the historic event.
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