Experts solve mystery of ancient stone monument near Atlanta

Examiner ^ | 11 April 2011 | Richard Thornton

[Palter]

Rock art specialists from around North America have finally solved this century old archaeological riddle. The stone slab is evidence that native peoples from Puerto Rico or Cuba once lived within the interior of Eastern North America.

One day, long before Christopher Columbus claimed to have landed on the eastern edge of Asia, a forgotten people cut steps in the rocks leading up a steep bluff near the Chattahoochee River in the northwest section of the State of Georgia. They carved a supernatural figure on a four feet by one foot granite slab and erected it on the top of the knoll. The strange, primitive art was very different than the highly realistic stone sculptures found in the region that are known to have been created by the ancestors of Georgia’s Creek Indians.

During the mid-1800s a major industrial complex was developed near the ancient rock shrine. Somehow during the town’s construction, the tablet was overlooked; most likely because of a covering of soil. The town was called New Manchester. It would have inevitably become a major city of the Southeast, but in the autumn of 1864 the notorious Union general, William Tecumseh Sherman, ordered the town burned, and the hundreds of teenage girls who worked at its mills transported to a concentration camp in the Ohio. Many of the girls were never seen again. Some died in prison. Some married and stayed in the Midwest. Some were murdered while they tried to walk home after the war. Some probably went to the West to start life anew away from the ruins of war. Some just dissappeared without a trace.

The ruins of New Manchester have remained a testimony to the fact that war is hell.

[Palter]

[Palter]

Ping.

[cll]

Very interesting.

Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.

[rawcatslyentist]

Prehistoric 7-11’s?

[bkepley]

Evidently the guy who wrote up this story is not a Yankee. A couple of lines about the stone and then a diatribe on all the Yankee sins in the surrounding area.

[Michael.SF.]

then a diatribe on all the Yankee sins in the surrounding area.

Actually, he left a hell of a lot out regarding the sins of war that Sherman and his troops committed.

[Erik Latranyi]

So, we can now add to the politcally correct history of the United States the following: the white man stole part of the country from the Puerto Ricans!

[wolfcreek]

More ancient aliens.

[JimRed]

Babalu-aye!

[tumblindice]

Good crappie fishing in the Chattahoochie.

[oh8eleven]

native peoples from Puerto Rico or Cuba once lived within the interior of Eastern North America.
What, before welfare? I feckin' doubt it.

[Adder]

“Snakes! ai-EEEEE!”

[adorno]

Are stereotypes part of your normal conversation skills?

I hate it when a former fellow Marine does that.

BTW, I was in the ‘nam too, late 1966 to late 1967. That picture of yours, with the 5 marines on a mountaintop, looks vaguely familiar to me.

[poindexters brother]

[Rock N Jones]

Well there you have it!

Fidel can now say all America belong to us!

[oh8eleven]

Are stereotypes part of your normal conversation skills?
Most "stereotypes" don't just happen, they're modeled on some amount of reality - like 'Nam vets. Grow a thicker skin ... I have.
I was on the DMZ: Con Thien, C2, Gio Linh, Cam Lo, etc.
The picture in question is further south at the Rockpile and the one to the left of it is Camp Carroll.

[adorno]

Most "stereotypes" don't just happen,

Stereotypes are often simple-minded ways to brand an entire group. I know Puerto Ricans, with me being one of them, and most that I know are not welfare recipients. That's why I know that, using the stereotype that you did is idiotic. Stereotypes are merely exaggerations meant to ridicule and demean people. I don't use them, and I don't expect my friends to use them.

they're modeled on some amount of reality

Most are exaggerations, and they don't really reflect reality. Reality and exaggerations are not the same thing.

- like 'Nam vets.

I'm a 'nam vet, and I don't feel particularly persecuted. If anybody inquires about my military service, I proudly point out how I was a veteran of the Marines who served in Vietnam. No shame, and no one to blame.

Grow a thicker skin ... I have.

It's not that simple. Not when the stereotypes are meant to be harmful and demeaning. They're very distasteful and idiotic, and therefore, I don't use them. Perhaps, instead of growing a thick skin, you should've grown smarter.



When it comes to the "'nam", I served around the Danang and Chu-lai areas, with the 1st Marine Division, 1st Tank Battalion.

[AppyPappy]

Did your tank have carpet on the dash?

[Ducks, runs]

[oh8eleven]

I don't use them, and I don't expect my friends to use them.
I'm not your friend. SF, Mac.

[adorno]

I don't use them, and I don't expect my friends to use them.

I'm not your friend. SF, Mac.

Obviously not. I know how to choose my friends wisely.