New Orleans and the Gulf Cotton Export Trade (1800–1930)

1. Louisiana Purchase brings New Orleans under U.S. rule

   Apr 30, 1803Labels: Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans

   • NARA
   • Britannica

2. Battle of New Orleans secures the port region

   Jan 8, 1815Labels: Battle of, War of

   • NPS
   • Britannica

3. Panic of 1837 disrupts cotton credit and prices

   May 1, 1837Labels: Panic of, New Orleans

   • Britannica
   • NPS

4. Steamboat traffic expands upriver cotton connections

   Jan 1, 1840Labels: Steamboats, Mississippi River

   • American Yawp

5. Cotton becomes dominant export through New Orleans

   Jan 1, 1850Labels: Cotton export, Port of

   • Battlefields org
   • LSU Repository

6. Union capture of New Orleans reshapes cotton flows

   Apr 25, 1862Labels: Union capture, New Orleans

   • NPS
   • Wikipedia

7. New Orleans Cotton Exchange opens for business

   Feb 20, 1871Labels: New Orleans, merchants

   • NOLA Archives
   • Wikipedia

8. Eads jetties deepen Mississippi access to the Gulf

   Jan 1, 1876Labels: James B, Eads jetties

   • Wikipedia
   • ASCE summary

9. Cotton Centennial Exposition showcases New Orleans’ cotton role

   Dec 16, 1884Labels: Cotton Centennial, New Orleans

   • Smithsonian
   • NMAH

10. Boll weevil invasion cuts Gulf cotton supplies

    Jan 1, 1900Labels: Boll weevil, Cotton Belt

    • ScienceDirect

11. New Cotton Exchange building completed downtown

    Jan 1, 1921Labels: New Cotton, New Orleans

    • PRCNO
    • Wikipedia

12. Cotton export era wanes amid 1920s–1930 downturns

    Jan 1, 1930Labels: Great Depression, southern cotton

    • ScienceDirect
    • PRCNO