Keeping in mind the description of the stone point given in the story, we can state Marshall the rancher was looking at a Folsom point.
As it's known, a Folsom is a kind of stone point with a leaf-like shape which has a concave base and wide, shallow grooves/flutes running almost the entire length of the point.
a smaller industrial base, fewer rail lines, and an agricultural economy based upon slave labor made mobilization of resources more difficult
Humans originated from Africa
True. If you give more economic freedom, but no political freedom, the people will be confused. With feedom usually comes more freedom.