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fatlazyless · 03-20-2009, 08:27 PM

Mark Island supposedly got its' name 'Mark" because it has a hill at its' center which has some rocky ledges and it can be used as a 'marker' when navigating as it is more elevated than the neighboring islands.

I've seen a pine tree on the top get a direct lightning strike in an August storm....now that was pretty historical (*)!

Didn't the 14th U.S. President, Attorney Franklin Pearce of Concord, NH, pen his thesis that it was ok to be against slavery in theory while at the same time to support slavery as a business necessity while taking his August vacation on Mark Island!

03-20-2009, 08:27 PM	#7
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	Mark Island supposedly got its' name 'Mark" because it has a hill at its' center which has some rocky ledges and it can be used as a 'marker' when navigating as it is more elevated than the neighboring islands. I've seen a pine tree on the top get a direct lightning strike in an August storm....now that was pretty historical (*)! Didn't the 14th U.S. President, Attorney Franklin Pearce of Concord, NH, pen his thesis that it was ok to be against slavery in theory while at the same time to support slavery as a business necessity while taking his August vacation on Mark Island! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!