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History Matters: Louisiana should treasure Poverty Point

Dr. Gary Joiner
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LSU Shreveport

Poverty Point, near Epps, is in the running to become a World Heritage site. It is the creation of the ancient Mississippian mound building culture and Commentator Gary Joiner profiles these historic mounds on this installment of History Matters.

Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”