After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, New
York scientists found traces of copper wire dating
back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their
ancestors already had a telephone network more than
100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks
that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of
20 yards, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times
newspaper read: "California archaeologists have found
traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded
that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech
communications network a hundred years earlier than
the New Yorkers."
One week later, The Chronicle, our
newspaper in Houston reported the following: "After
digging as deep as 30 yards in corn fields near
College Station, Texas A&M University's, Bubba
Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he
found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore
concluded that 300 years ago, Texas had already gone
wireless."
York scientists found traces of copper wire dating
back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their
ancestors already had a telephone network more than
100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks
that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of
20 yards, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times
newspaper read: "California archaeologists have found
traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded
that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech
communications network a hundred years earlier than
the New Yorkers."
One week later, The Chronicle, our
newspaper in Houston reported the following: "After
digging as deep as 30 yards in corn fields near
College Station, Texas A&M University's, Bubba
Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he
found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore
concluded that 300 years ago, Texas had already gone
wireless."