This was how Natchitoches, Louisiana was decorated. There were flowers every where. It is a beautiful city. It is also the oldest city in Louisiana. It is on the border of Louisiana and Texas. Supposedly, it was where meat pies were invented. Meat pies were a quick and easy meal for frontiersmen to take with them on the way out to the state of Texas and the west. Natchitoches is also where the movies The Horse Soldiers and Steel Magnolias were filmed.