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Bossier City
The United States of America is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico. The United States is a federal constitutional republic, with its capital in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia.
Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 56,461. Bossier City is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport, located on the western bank of the Red River. The Shreveport-Bossier metro area is the center to the region known as the Ark-La-Tex. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 107.8 square kilometers.105.8 square kilometers of it is land and 2.0 square kilometers of it is water. In the city the population was spread out with 28.2 percent under the age of 18, 11.0 percent from 18 to 24, 30.4 percent from 25 to 44, 19.4 percent from 45 to 64, and 11.0 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.
The area of Bossier City dates back to the 1830s when it was the Elysian Groves Plantation of James and Mary Cane. Steamboat loads of cotton, corn and sweet potatoes were shipped to markets in the south and east, from the plantation port known to many as Cane's Landing. During the American Civil War, several companies of local Confederate soldiers left Cane's Landing aboard steamboats for the distant battlefields. During the war, the riverfront was protected from Union invasion by the artillery embankments of Battery's Price, Walker and Ewell. The Confederate Fort Smith stood near what is now Bossier High School and protected the area from an eastern invasion.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Bossier City is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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