LOUISIANA PURCHASE OPENED UP AREA TO SETTLEMENT

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Wednesday, December 4, 1991

When Don Louis Lorimier came to the Spanish-held territory called Cape Girardeau, he did not realize he would be involved in the largest real estate transaction in history, known as the Louisiana Purchase.

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