Put in at Yockany Ridge at Enid??
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Put in at Yockany Ridge at Enid??
never heard of that one, rees.
Yockany is the state park where we weighed in last year.
You bunch of gewbers, guess I will have to burn 15 or 20 bucks of fuel and ride over and see.
Never heared of it myself and just looked at a map of Enid and didn't see anything named that.
I thought you weighed in at George P. Cossar State Park
+1, if thats where rees is talking about, you cannot put in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
I think torch told me it has to be at 240 before that ramp is usable.
Rees, you lost?
Been known as Yockney Ridge for a very long time by the locals and yes I am talking about Cossar. Pulled in at Persimmon Hill this afternoon right at dark and took a peek across the hollar, looked to be as much water on the ramp at COSSAR as it was at Persimmon Hill and they were using it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jvg
Heck of a note that I live on Turkey Creek and it is closer for me to go to Enid to put my big boat in.banghead
Rees I was in Turkey Creek a couple of weekends a go.....did pretty good.
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Yeah, they caught em in there pretty good, slowed down now, werent many folks in there today when I drove through.
I heard of it called Yockney Ridge, cause they couldn't pronoun Yocona.
Years ago I told my mother-in-law that we were going to Yocona Ridge to camp for the weekend. Oh, where's that? At Enid where we always camp. Oh, you mean Yockney Ridge.
Where did Yockney come from? Where did Yocona come from?
Turkey Creek? How much bank wall is there 100 yards down from the railroad pillings?
Yocona is the river feeding Enid.
8 or 10 feet on the Turkey Creek question, can drive a 2 wheel drive in and unload a boat at the mouth of Ochigamaga (sp) Creek
At 239.86 this morning, should be good to go by the weekend, on a slow riseQuote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Did you skip class or sleep during that part of MS history in school?
Leflore, french homesteaders, establisted a trading post on the pearl river. The seatlement was called Leflore Bluff, which became the third capitol of MS (Jackson). One of the sons married a Chootaw girl, daughter of Yocona. They had 1 son, Greenwood.
There is more to this, but this is a starter.
I fished Turkey creek a few years ago from the bank, about 100 yards from the old bridge. I did good that day.
Not much on the history stuff when I was younger and wish I had paid better attention. Turkey was on fire a couple a weeks ago but not so much lately, can be hit or miss but when its good its dang good.
Rees i knew what you were talking about. always heard it called Yockney but knew it was spelled otherwise. used to be a good place there to eat catfish years ago.
And had a great pool for the kids too, Rook tourneys on Saturday nights as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deroc
My aunt work at the resturant for years.
We camped there a lot when the 2 diving boards were at the pool.
The place has gone down some.
It has, actually was married there in 1983, water was high and we had the wedding there below the resturant and the reseption at the resturant. August outside weddings are HOT but had nuttin on the bride, August will be 29 years. Folks skiing on the lake stopped their boats and watched the wedding
Wow a history lesson...that was cool
Tman, the history of these lakes is pretty cool, my father-in-law helped farm Turkey Creek bottom before the lake was put in. Some of the old pics show the parking lots overflowing during the summer, the COE lakes were a hit after the initial fits about the land being taken. Bunch of old homesteads in the Grenada lake bottoms, one old well was still running water last year havent been by there this year to see if its still running or not but most likely it is.
Yes, this wound up being a very interesting thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by tritonman
where is the well you are talking about? there is one that is still running south of old #8 close to where earl gillon's place is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Between Torrence and Turkey, closer to Torrence, bet it is still running. There was another one close to chickamaw but someone broke the pipe off or it may have just rusted into.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deroc
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My father-in-law, all his brothers and sisters would catch the school bus that ran on the rail from Bryant to Bruce before road driven school bus was in that area. They lived by the track below Jenkins corner.
Small world aint it canebreaker??
the well on this side is south of old #8 and a good piece east of buttputter creek and it is still running.
Like I said, we have kin all over that area.
Know much about the Airmount area, we own the land at the old church and the wifey is kin to a Revolutionary Soldier buried there.
Waiting on call back from uncle. See if he can tell me something about the airmount area.