100 million baskets of dirt.

I attended a meeting of the Northeast Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society last Sunday. Dr Diana M Greenlee gave a fascinating lecture on "The Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point". Poverty Point is a group of earth mounds that were built over thousands of years starting 3500 years ago.

Poverty Point might have been the first city in North America. Dr Greenlee said it was the New York City of the day. It would have been something to see.

 I found the subject very interesting. Ancient people built mounds and stone formations all over the world. Why this all powerful urge to move dirt? It is estimated that the construction at Poverty Point required 100 million baskets of dirt to be carried to the site.