Property Description
The Fishing Creek Tract has both ecological and historical significance. Roughly 85% of the acreage is composed of bottomland hardwoods along with large boulder fields resting among the trees and near the streams that crisscross the property. The tract also borders Fishing Creek for approximately 1,900 feet and has over 1,000 feet in unnamed tributary frontage flowing through the tract. Observations show an abundance of deer, racoon, beaver, and other small mammals and numerous species of bird including pileated woodpeckers, birds of prey, and songbirds. Historically, this land can be traced back to the original land grant from 1760 that gave control of this land to the Hanna family. Based on historic maps, a portion of the property line is the same one that was defined in the land grant. Of further importance is the discovery of a possible abandoned enslaved people’s graveyard and numerous items of pre-western colonization life such as projectile points and pottery shards.