Poverty Point 

Centuries ago, American Indians were building earthen monuments in north Louisiana. Hand by hand and basketful by basketful, men and women shaped nearly 2 million cubic yards of soil into stunning landscapes. The result was a massive 72-foot-tall mound, enormous concentric half-circles and related earthworks that dwarfed every other earthen monument site for 2,200 years.

Buddy" Bolden 

An African-American cornetist who was regarded a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came to be known as jazz.