Poverty Point Brings Tourism Jobs and Growth to NW Louisiana
Louisiana's own Poverty Point has been named a World Heritage Site
Louisiana's own Poverty Point has been named a World Heritage Site! With this distinction, Poverty Point joins the likes of the Great Pyramids in Egypt, the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge.
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This new international recognition will create jobs in Northeast Louisiana's tourism industry and boost the region's economy as many travelers add Poverty Point to their bucket list.
Poverty Point is now the 22nd World Heritage Site in the U.S. and the first in Louisiana. Read the News Star's editorial about the jobs and growth that Northeastern Louisiana will experience.
Poverty Point is a 400-acre complex of mounds and ridges built by hunters and gatherers nearly 3,000 years ago. That's around the same time King Tut reigned in Egypt. It's located along the Bayou Macon, in West Carroll Parish, but believed to have one time sat alongside the Mississippi River as a connection for a trading network between the upper Mississippi and Georgia's coastline. It features six semicircular ridges that have remained archaeological wonders to the research community to this day.
The push for Poverty Point's historical significance to be recognized on a global level has been in the works for many years. The World Heritage site distinction is much deserved for Poverty Point. For thousands of years, this landmark has quietly sat along Bayou Macon, but now it is sure to become a permanent fixture of America's rich history and culture.
