North Louisiana is at the heart of the region known as the Ark-La-Tex , where the cottonfields and soft vocal drawl of the Deep South Bible-belt merges with the ranches, oil and country music of Texas and the forested hills (resplendent in the fall) of Arkansas. Settled by the Scottish and Irish after the Louisiana Purchase, the area is strongly Baptist, with less of a penchant for fun than south Louisiana, though it does share its profusion of festivals .

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