THE "HURSTVILLE FISHING POND" IS ON THE SAME COUNTY CONVERSATION LAND
THAT THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER IS ON. IT IS LOCATED ACROSS
4-LANE HIGHWAY 61 FROM THE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. YOU GET TO THE POND (FORMED DURING THE BUILDING OF HIGHWAY 61 AND CALLED A BORROW-PIT BY THE D.O.T.) BY TAKING THE FIRST COUNTY ROAD (PAVED) TO THE SOUTH OF POND, AND THEN GO A SHORT DISTANCE ON THAT ROAD AND TURN RIGHT ON THE GRAVEL ROAD AND THAT ROAD WILL TAKE YOU TO A PARKING LOT AT THE EDGE OF THE POND. A NEW DOCK WAS DEDICATED LAST WEEK. STANDING ON THAT
DOCK (ABOVE PHOTO) ARE THOSE REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DOCK FUND. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ROB WAACK FROM THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB....GREG, TATE, CAROLYN AND JASMINE MARTIN, IN MEMORY OF CARTER MARTIN....JEANNE AND JOHN HOESLEY, FROM FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION....DR. DAVID SYBESMA FROM THE MAQUOKETA
KIWANIS CLUB....AND, ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH FROM THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. NOT PICTURED, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE GREAT RIVER ROAD. IT IS A NICE LITTLE POND AND I UNDERSTAND THE FISHING IS GOOD. CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE...CLICK AGAIN AND IT WILL ENLARGE MORE. OR...IF THAT WON'T WORK, YOU CAN "ZOOM-IN" ON THE PHOTO, ONCE...OR TWICE. NOW...3 FISHING HOLES IN THE TIMBER CITY....YES, MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN NOW FISH THE MAQUOKETA RIVER, HORSESHOE POND AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF
MAQUOKETA AND AT THE HURSTVILLE FISHING POND.
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