JoeVenture.com http://www.joeventure.com Just another WordPress site Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:36:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Selma, Alabama http://www.joeventure.com/Wiki:Selma_Alabama http://www.joeventure.com/Wiki:Selma_Alabama#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:06:03 +0000 Administrator http://www.joeventure.com/?p=9 ”’Selma, Alabama”’ is a city located 50 miles west of [[Montgomery, Alabama | Montgomery]], Alabama, along the banks of the Alabama River. The city serves as the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, and is known throughout the region for its role in the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement.
==History==
== Attractions ==
=== Museums ===
* [[National Voting Rights Museum]]
* [[Old Depot Museum]]
* [[Slavery & Civil War Museum]]
* [[Sturdivant Hall Museum]]
* [[The Selma Children's Museum]]
* [[Vaughan-Smitherman Museum]]
=== Landmarks ===
===Parks===
* [[Old Cahawba]]
* [[Paul M. Grist State Park]]
* [[Six Mile Creek]]
==References==
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[http://www.selmaalabama.com/videos/selma_2006.wmv History of Selma Video]. http://www.selmaalabama.com/. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
[http://www.selma.com/history.aspx History of Selma]. http://www.selma.com/. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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]]> http://www.joeventure.com/Wiki:Selma_Alabama/feed 0 Paul M. Grist State Park http://www.joeventure.com/Wiki:Paul_M_Grist_State_Park http://www.joeventure.com/Wiki:Paul_M_Grist_State_Park#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:02:18 +0000 Administrator http://www.joeventure.com/wordpress/?p=1 [Image:IMG_0497.jpg caption="The winding road down to the main area of Paul M. Grist State Park."]”’Paul M. Grist State Park”’ is a state park 15 miles north of [[Selma, Alabama | Selma]], Alabama, United States. Created in the early 1930′s as Valley Creek State Park, it provides outdoors recreation and leisure to residents of the surrounding area.

==History==

Construction began on Grist State Park (then known as Valley Creek State Park) in 1936 when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)was established within the park’s boundaries. Over a three year period, the CCC constructed roads, hiking trails, and a dam to create the lake. The park was renamed in honor of Paul Malone Grist, Director of the YMCA and the USO/YMCA Club in Selma.

==Activities==

Grist State Park offers the following activities for visitors:
* Swimming
* Fishing
* Hiking
* Camping
* Boating
* Picnicking
* Children’s Playground

The park provides 6 RV sites with sewer, water, electrical hook-up and public restrooms. The park also has a 100-acre lake stocked with bass, catfish, blue gill, and red dear sunfish. Gasoline motors are not allowed, though they do allow electric trolling motors. Flat-bottom fishing boats are avaliable for rent, as well as a launching ramp for private boats.

== References ==

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[http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-alabama/PaulGrist.pdf Paul M. Grist State Park]. http://www.outdooralabama.com. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2606 Encyclopedia of Alabama]. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
[http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/dept.nsf/d02dea1c0fc6f99d45256bd800296e8c/bc22ea927256702a852571b60068de09?OpenDocument Paul M. Grist]. http://www.spfldcol.edu. Retrieved 30 June 2011
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