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Dr. James A. Henshall, 1836-1925, author of Book of the Black Bass and other works, brought fame to Kentucky's South Licking, Elkhorn, and Stoner streams. He came here to practice medicine. During the Civil War he treated wounds for U.S. and Confederate men. He left, regained health, returned in 1880, and wrote the book. With the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries from 1896 to 1917, he found a new method for fish propagation.
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