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(Created page with "thumb|The town of Porsonville in 2004 Porsonville is a town in the United States. The population was 314 at the 2010 census. Porsonville was platted in 1854, and named for Colonel Moses Porson, a pioneer settler. A post office called Porson Post has been in operation since 1854. The town was the location of the Assassination of Larry and the subsequent Larryland park. The town is also the birthplace of country music artist Michael Martin Murp...") |
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[[File:Screen Shot 2022-09-28 at 12.40.51 AM.png|left|thumb|256x256px|Porson Deli in 1903, ground zero of the ham poisoning incident. Afterwards, the deli was converted to a public crawdaddy kitchen, serving free meals to the surviving dozen citizens.]] | |||
Every day, hundreds of crawdad fishermen converge on the Opocheeka River, and crawdads have been regarded a staple diet since 1903, when Porsonville Mayor George McMichaels was found selling poisoned black market ham and other deli meats to local businesses. McMichaels was convicted and condemned to death by hanging when it was discovered that he had received bribes to enable poisoned foods to be sold at the local general store, which virtually entirely decimated the town, killing over 99 percent of its population. Due to the fear of a similar toxic meat incident, crawdads became the area's major food supply. | Every day, hundreds of crawdad fishermen converge on the Opocheeka River, and crawdads have been regarded a staple diet since 1903, when Porsonville Mayor George McMichaels was found selling poisoned black market ham and other deli meats to local businesses. McMichaels was convicted and condemned to death by hanging when it was discovered that he had received bribes to enable poisoned foods to be sold at the local general store, which virtually entirely decimated the town, killing over 99 percent of its population. Due to the fear of a similar toxic meat incident, crawdads became the area's major food supply. | ||