The Community of Fishville
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N 31° 31.240 W 092° 21.853
15R E 560363 N 3487482
Located at 2727 Highway 8, Pollock, LA
Waymark Code: WME8BJ
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2012
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The Community of Fishville
Fishville has been an area resort since the 1820's. The community began as a summer retreat for residents of Alexandria, escaping the surrounding mosquito-laden river bottoms. One of Fishville's most noted summer residents was nineteenth-century author Timothy Flint whose memoir of Daniel Boone became the basis for many of the legends that surround Boone today. By the mid-twentieth century Fishville had evolved into a regional vacation spot on Big Creek, home to Dean's hole, Slick's Skating Rink and Store and Ed Hawthorne's Store and Dance Hall.
Erected by the Grant Arts Council in Memory of Neal Tison Curry and Inez Peters
Marker Name: The Community of Fishville
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: City/Parish/State
Parish: Grant
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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