This topic was posted , thanks blam.
Posted on 12/10/2004 1:00:11 PM PST by blam
Mardi Gras in this country began is Mobile, Alabama.
Poverty Point is one of the best archeological sites in the state.
"Poverty Point is a major archaeological mystery. The mystery centers on the ruins of a large prehistoric Indian settlement, the Poverty Point site. There on a bluff top overlooking Mississippi River swamplands in northeastern Louisiana is a group of artificial mounds and embankments. It is not the earthworks themselves that are so mysterious. Eastern North America is, after all, the land of the "Mound Builders." These people once were thought to be a highly advanced, extinct race, but now are known to be ancestors of Native Americans, such as the Creek, Choctaw, Shawnee, and Natchez. The real mystery lies in the size and age of the earthworks. They are among the largest native constructions known in eastern North America, yet they are old, older than any other earthworks of this size in the western hemisphere."
You are talking about my neighborhood so I guess I live on that on that Ancient Mounds trail. I am just a few miles from Poverty Point.
We've found a few arrowheads on our land over the years when we were plowing the fields.
They have found evidence of ancient travelers from Colorado and Michigan from the artifacts made from materials not found in Louisiana.
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Posted on 08/13/2004 12:07:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Moundbuilders lived in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Indiana too.
So that's why Mobile is so famous! ;>)
Ha,ha. It was probably the below.
"By 1864, Mobile, Alabama, was the last Gulf Coast port of any consequence still remaining in Confederate hands. "
"Damn The Torpedos, Full Speed Ahead"
GGG ping. I think I screwed up the list I used for the main ping.
2022 bump.
My great-great grandparents. Daigle and Landry. Just about as Cajun (or as we say here, coon-ass) as it gets.
Marie Amelia Landry Daigle
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100144746/marie-amelia-daigle
Francois Augustin Daigle
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100144213/francois-augustin-daigle
This topic was posted , thanks blam.
I was watching a law and order program last night and it was from St Landry Parish.
"The French community built St. Landry Catholic Church in 1765, dedicated to St. Landry (Landericus) of Paris, the Bishop of Paris in the 7th century.[5] "
Louisiana is the only US state that does not have their laws based in old English laws. Their base is in French law.
Corporations from out of state leave most of their lawyers at home when they have to deal with Louisiana courts....they hire Louisiana lawyers.
I know a guy who studied Louisiana law...he is making gobs of money that way.
I'd be interested in how it was determined how they were hunter-gatherers. My guess is, it's just a preconceived notion based on outmoded ideas of how long people have been in the Americas and, uh, whatnot. Here's the rest of the Watson Brake keyword:
Louisiana succession laws have a feature called “forced heirship” which dictates how an estate is disposed. Derived from the Napoleonic Code.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_heirship
In this morning’s local Gannett rag. The Ouachita River valley is about 30 miles east of me.
This Louisiana archaeological site predates Stonehenge and the pyramids: check out its history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_Brake
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