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While this is a fair description, there is a site not far upriver which is
It was the ideal site for a port; all sites farther downriver
were too swampy, and sites slightly farther upriver were no better,
and therefore the site closest to the mouth was the winner. In
the days before railroads and highways, water transportation was
predominant, and New Orleans was the gateway to most of an entire
continent.