# I am probably going to hell for this.... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 26, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-probably-going-to-hell-for-this/16531 "2006-08-26T19:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-probably-going-to-hell-for-this/16531/66 "2006-08-28T08:40:42Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > Anyone? In order for me to understand why we’re rebuilding it, I’d really like to know why it exists in the first place. Google a bit. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New\_Orleans#History](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#History) > New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the [French Mississippi Company](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Mississippi_Company) as _la Nouvelle-Orléans_, under the direction of [Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Le_Moyne_de_Bienville). **The site was selected because of its relatively high elevation along** the [flood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood)-prone banks of the [Lower Mississippi River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Mississippi_River) and its --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-probably-going-to-hell-for-this/16531)._