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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2825_oction-house_Pollock-LA.html
Oction House is the oldest remaining residence in the Town of Pollock. Composed of two separate houses, its rear addition contains the original house, a Louisiana galleried cottage built circa 1861 by Levi B. Parker. Parker built his one-room cypr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27XV_the-community-of-fishville_Pollock-LA.html
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 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27TQ_town-of-pollock_Pollock-LA.html
Indians once roamed the land of crystal streams. Then came pioneer farmers and called it Oction. In 1889 Jay Gould, Wall Street tycoon, built the Iron Mountain Railroad through here. In 1892 he built the Big Creek Sawmill, the largest pine sawmill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27NJ_welcome-to-pollock_Pollock-LA.html
Native Americans first roamed this area of virgin pines and crystal streams. Then it was named Oction by early pioneer settlers. The Civil War Battle at Oction Hill occurred here in 1864. In 1889, Jay Gould, business tycoon and railroad magnate, b…