Percy Quin Traditional Cache
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You are looking for an ammo can in a large park. Please rehide as well as you found it. Parking is available near the lake, so enjoy the view!
Look and listen for the trill of Pine Warblers in large trees near the water. An Osprey might be seen fishing over the water too.
History of Park:
Oliver Emmerich, editor of the McComb newspaper ran a series of articles citing a park would be a feasible development for the area. McComb Mayor X.A. Kramer, Dr. William Neville, Sr. and others supported the idea and the County Supervisors purchased the 1700 acres. Around this time the early park was known as SP9 (State Park 9). The Civilian Conservation Corps provided 200 men, all WWI Vetrans, to begin construction of the Lodge, rustic cabins, and lake. This program provided jobs during the hard times of the depression. The dam was built from 1935 to 1938. The lake comprises 700 acres. My grandfather did metal work for the park, including hinges for buildings and hoops around the water tanks (now gone). In 1942 the dam broke and could not be repaired until after WWII, in 1945. A CCC reunion is / was held on the third Sunday in May in the Dining Room. Before the park was named for a local person, the name Roosevelt was suggested.
The lake almost immediately attracted Bald Eagles back in the late 1930’s. They were already in the area. My dad and his brother wanted to shoot one to mount, as they were amusing themselves by taxidermy. They were afraid their dad might get arrested though and settled for a buzzard. The large bird did create an even larger problem.
The MS Forestry Commission operated the park until 1946 when the State Park System began in Mississippi. This beautiful park is Number 1 in the Mississippi State Park System today. It is also well known in Louisiana and highly rated in the Pelican State.
There is an 18 hole golf course and a 9 hole short course. They were the center of controversy for several years as they knocked out trails shaded by huge oaks and magnolia trees instead of acquiring additional land.
Roosevelt’s CCC built lodge was lost in a fire, but not here. The original lodge remains, although a strange remodel around 1990 put a modern front on the rustic lodge, making it appear the lodge is gone. The federal park people and others were upset. Although not fully restored, the interior is still original, so don’t miss it!
The JJ White Railroad once ran near the lodge and where the lake is today. Some may remember the caboose that once stood in the center of things in front of lodge. It was from this railroad. Due to lack of maintenance, it rotted away and is gone. Today a fully restored vintage train is in downtown McComb though and the old McComb Shops are in the distance if you look south down the tracks.
Percy Edwards Quin was born on Oct 30, 1872. He attended Mississippi College. In 1913 he was elected a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Later that year he married Miss Aylett Buckner Conner of “Linden,” a well know house today of the Natchez Pilgrimage. He lived until 1932 and was buried at the City Cemetery in Natchez.
Percy’s great-grandparents were Peter Quin and Judith Robinson Quin. They emigrated from Ireland to South Carolina. In 1790 they moved to Pike County, Mississippi to farm. Peter fought in the American Revolution.
Their son Henry Quin, served in the War of 1812. He built a home a couple of miles north of the park, marked by a historic marker. It was the first painted house in Pike County.
Percy’s father, Henry Graham Quin grew up in Pike County, but moved to Amite Co. He was a Baptist minister and served a Lieutenant in the 33rd Mississippi Regiment of the Confederate Army.
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