Visit New Orleans Louisiana

Travel with Bennett-Watt and discover the city of New Orleans in Louisiana.

Male: New Orleans is Louisiana’s most popular and significant city. The modern skyscrapers loom and start contrast in New Orleans first community. The French quarter, a fortified rectangle built in the 1700’s, a living museum in modern New Orleans, the best way to get an introduction of the many horse drawn carriages. Female: Welcome to New Orleans. We’re just living Jackson Square, that is the heart of the city named to Major General Andrew Jackson. He was the seventh president of the United States and a hero of the Battle of New Orleans and a good friend of mine because he stays on the $20.00 bill. Now, where we are right now, we’re a few people of sea level. The river is just to the left and it’s at 15 feet above sea level. And it is like we are sitting here at the bottom of a giant gumbo ball. And the only reason we are not swimming right now is because of the 131 miles of natural and manmade levees. Also 22 pumping stations keep the water pumped out continuously because it doesn’t drain naturally. Just to the left of the—that is where you can usually find the Natchez boat. Now, the Natchez is the only steamboat running in that area at this time. What we have here now is the night Natchez. The sixth is the famous boat that raced against the—back in 1870 which from here to St. Louis in about three and a half days. Now up ahead, we can see a statue of our city’s founder. He was a French-Canadian named Bienville and he founded the city in 1718.