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A Hitory of Sicily Island
By Will S. Peck, IV
Ferry Plantation
June 11, 1976
FORWARD
Comments From the Author
Though I have spent much time in research for this paper, it has been time spent in the joy of knowing that this recorded information can be passed on to my children’s children. Hopefully, the readers of this history will benefit by the knowledge of generations past. May God so admonish it that in the future there may be someone willing to record events of later societies.
Without the help and patience of the following people, this paper would not have been possible:
Mrs. Juanita Steele Peck
Mrs. W. S. Peck Sr.
Mrs. William Carter III
Mrs. Augusta Taliaferro
Mrs. Dewanna Mason
Mrs. Doris Meyers
Mrs. Ruth Peniston Lee
Mr. John Peniston
Mr. Walling Chisum
Mrs. Elaine Larison
Mrs. Patsy Jackson
Mr. Hollis Strickland
Miss. Laura A. Harris
Mr. Cooke Crawford
Mrs. Ethel Humphries
Dr. Emmette D. Chisum
Mrs. Clayton F. Smith
Mrs. Phyllis Haley
It has been a comfort and an unspoken pride for me to know that, should Peck Station and the Township of Sicily Island vanish into the abyss of time, there will always be our island, Sicily Island, to return to.
Chapter 1 -- Early Civilization
Chapter 2 -- Colonists
Chapter 3 -- Commerce and Plantations
Chapter 4 -- Founding of Churches and Schools
Chapter 5 -- Post Civil War Years
Chapter 6 -- Twentieth Century
Chapter 7 -- Notable Personages
Chapter 8 -- Reflections
Biblography
Seedtime on the Cumberland --- Harriet Arrow
A Louisiana Confederate - Diary of Felix Pierre Poche --- Edwin C. Bearss, Northwestern State University
Tales of Old Fort --- Joseph Briston
The 101 Ranch --- Collings and England, University of Oaklahoma Press
The Four State Chisum Trail --- Fannie G. Chisholm
A Profile of Archaeological Development in the Sicily Island, Louisiana Region --- Dr. Emmett D. Chisum, University of Wyoming
DeBow's Review --- Dr. Kilpatrick
Magnificent Destiny --- Paur Williams
The World Book Encyclopedia - Volume 15 -- Field Enterprises
Court Records --- Harrisonburg, Louisiana
Historical and Statistical Collections of Louisiana
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