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From: "Buddy Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE-L] The Sage of Fishville
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:40:06 -0600


Ever go skating at Dry Prong?
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From: Gregory R. Aymond <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE-L] The Sage of Fishville

>At 02:54 PM 2/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>> I live in Rapides Parish , Louisiana and can answer a few of your
questions.
>>The location of Fishville is between Pollock and Jena on Hwy. 8.
>>"Big Creek" is another name for Saline Lake , which is off of Hwy 415,
near
>>Pineville/Deville area.
>>Hope this helps.
>> T.
>>
>
> The creek originally inquired about is the Big Creek in Grant Parish,
>which flows near Pollock and at Fishville. There is another Big Creek in
>Rapides Parish, at Saline Lake near Deville. The Big Creek in Grant Parish
>was a refuge from the heat and Yellow Fever for the planters of Rapides
>Parish (and, until the formation of Grant Parish in 1867 or 68, was a part
>of rapides Parish). Then, in the late 1800's, the Grant Parish Big Creek
>became a a lumber area. Big Creek Lumber Co. built a sawmill on Big Creek
>near Pollock, in 1892. In the 1900's, the Grant Parish Big Creek was the
>site of many camps and swimming holes popular with local residents. The
>Grant Parish Big Creek is one of Louisiana's protected "scenic streams",
>and enters into Little River.
>
>Gregory R. Aymond
>
>

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