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Guerin will talk with site manager, David Griffing a young man in training when we met years ago.
An awareness of Claiborne on the part of Poverty Point staff could be helpful. We might encourage them to connect with Claiborne in their own tours and writings.
Guerin should see Ellis Cuevas again and/or Randy Ponder. Should call Stan Tiner, editor of Sun Herald, also. (He is friend of Wilfred Guerin from Shreveport days.)
Guerin should attempt in near future to get magnolia marker for Claiborne; maybe Port can stand for it, or industries, like GE and others. (Present cost is about $2,000.)
Final comment
To any proposal which results in change, there might be expected reactions which are less than enthusiastic. While we must be mindful that area is now a wilderness, we should also recall that Poverty Point plantation at one time may not have been much better. Much plowing had been done over a long period of time, thus reducing elevations and perhaps removing some mounds. I have heard stories of ancient pots being put on fence posts for target practice.
Today the site is a beautiful state park.
The same could happen to Claiborne. After all, History still resides in the shell piles of Mulatto Bayou.
Russell B. Guerin - August 2014
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