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What if the UK did not give up the southern portion of the red river colony in 1818, and the US kept the northernmost part of Louisiana? What would be required for this to happen? And what would be the future implications of it did? The lands the US ceded were almost entirely useless, mostly just useful for ranching, while the red river territory has significant agricultural and mineral potential, even if it wasn’t recognized at the time.
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