Actually, it was only one of a number of pre-Columbian cities. Do a Google on "Poverty Point" if you want to ream out the pre-Columbian assumptions you learned in school. Or try "Kennewick Man." -- Stephan Stephan A. Schwartz Email: [log in to unmask] Personal Website: www.stephanaschwartz.com Schwartzreport: www.schwartzreport.net Explore - Schwartzreport Column: www.explorejournal.com On 1 Mar 2009, at 18:10, Jessica Welton wrote: > St Louis? > Cahokie? > How many Americans know about that city -- the largest in the > country before the Europeans came, wasn't it? > > Jessica > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:00 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > >> Fred: >> >> I had to laugh, cry and sob all at one time when I saw your >> signature that said "Fred, St. Louis". >> >> To me, that moniker said it all. >> >> I now live in Virginia and have long wanted to host a party where >> people had to put a pin on map showing where St. Louis is. I want >> to take parlour bets on this one. I don't think one in one hundred >> people in Virginia even have clue where, much less what, St. Louis >> is to American history. I think most of them would put it >> somewhere in Louisiana, assuming they even know where that is. Or >> sometimes they put in Colorado, or Minnesota. >> >> Mississippi River? "Oh, that thing out there somewhere." >> >> Lewis & Clark? "Who?" >> >> Louisiana Purchase? "What?" >> >> Napoleon? "Is that a new fur coat?" >> >> This is all very amusing. I miss St. Louis. I guess this is a bit >> poigent today for me because I had lunch with an old friend who >> also lived in St. Louis, though I did not know her then. She loved >> it there. I am going back in July to conduct an interview that I >> hope will become a very good article. >> >> I really, really love Virginia and Virginians, and I am glad to be >> a taxpaying member of the "Virginia is for Lovers" state ( I have >> yet to see that side of the slogan). But by golly, they have much >> to learn about elsewhere. >> >> Craig >> >> >> >> On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:33 PM, John Frederick Fausz wrote: >> >>> Whether she told "lies" or employed "imaginative fabrications"-- >>> a methodology that one esteemed reviewer called "outrageous"-- >>> that author has discredited the historical profession and revealed >>> the sham of commercial publishing and the once-credible National >>> Book Award. That so few have criticized one of the worst-titled and >>> least reliable books of "history"--which sadly beat out a fabulous >>> book by the president of Harvard--is a sad commentary on our >>> times and the clearest signal yet that factually-accurate research >>> and writing are DEAD in this country. More hype and hyprocrisy >>> of a celebrity culture to match our dismal economy and disastrous >>> politics! >>> >>> Fred Fausz >>> St. Louis >>> >>> >>> ************** >>> Get a jump start on your taxes. Find a tax >>> professional in your neighborhood today. >>> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=Tax+Return+Preparation+%26+Filing&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000004 >>> ) >>> >>> ______________________________________ >>> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >>> instructions at >>> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >> instructions at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html