Rebel: most of this came about when I worked for csx railroad and in 1998, did the inventory in mobile. at the library there, I talked with the historian. she told me that two ships were sunk in the outer part of the bay. I almost passed out, thinking they were Spanish. she thinks they had been scuttled. but things went downhill fast. at the time I did not think much of it, when she said they were French but now, with so much going on with people coming in way before Columbus. anyway the 4 groups were welsh, Viking, Portugal and France and I have vary little to go on. I did see some bits and pieces at the museum in mobile. two school's have done digs there but I could not find where.
Patiodadio: this has been bugging me for 30 years. why did 4 different groups over a three hundred year time span, go along the Florida coast and into the gulf of mexico and all landed at where moble alabama is today? one by chance or luck, but four, had to be by purpose. that's a lot of ocean and coast to cover. they must have had directions and some sort of map? in 1955 diggers unearthed foundations of round houses and stone huts around where Knoxville, tenn. is. some of the pottery pieces, were welch and from Portugal. from mobile to Knoxville another why? from Portugal to moble about 4,500 miles. as for stick writing and strange symbols, some have been found near Cumberland gap along the green river along the war fork in Jackson county. the licking river near salt lick ky. this part is on the fort next to Louisville ky. a few pieces of short swords, parts of shields and broken pottery have been found there, supposedly there in a museum there in Louisville. I never got to go there to see them myself. below is a section from the internet about the first railroad bridge across the ohio river at Louisville, look at the piers. I was told that part of the cut rock from the fort was (look below) The Three R.R. Bridges - Historic Photos Of Louisville ...
