Guru
August 12th, 2008, 12:10 PM
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2008/08/12/news/news01.txt
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The name goes back to a famous Mississippian, B.L.C. Wailes, who was owner of Fonsylvania Plantation and lived on a large tract near present-day Fisher Ferry Road. Wailes, a founding father of Mississippi history, was a diarist and naturalist who recorded his observations and also published "The Agriculture and Geography of Mississippi" in 1854.
"There's a story of Wailes going to church near there in 1860 or 1861," Cotton said, alluding to what the plantation owner thought about the road's many curves. "He said it had the twists and curves and all those things."
Shelby Flowers Ferris, whose family has long owned Ferris Farms on Fisher Ferry agreed the road is "like a little mountain stream in the woods."
* Check out the lead photo Opt, you are going to love this.
The name goes back to a famous Mississippian, B.L.C. Wailes, who was owner of Fonsylvania Plantation and lived on a large tract near present-day Fisher Ferry Road. Wailes, a founding father of Mississippi history, was a diarist and naturalist who recorded his observations and also published "The Agriculture and Geography of Mississippi" in 1854.
"There's a story of Wailes going to church near there in 1860 or 1861," Cotton said, alluding to what the plantation owner thought about the road's many curves. "He said it had the twists and curves and all those things."
Shelby Flowers Ferris, whose family has long owned Ferris Farms on Fisher Ferry agreed the road is "like a little mountain stream in the woods."