Prides Crossing, MA Other Information. 1  Located in ESSEX County, Massachusetts. 2  Prides Crossing, MA is also known as: 3  PRIDES XING, MA.
Poe, John. W., Items. Born in Mason County Kentucky in 1850, John William Poe moved to Texas in 1868 to hunt buffalo. In the 1870s he served as town marshal for Fort Griffin, before becoming a U. S. marshal.
Poe is considered the father of modern detective fiction because he is credited with writing the first detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. He created the fir â¦ st recurring detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, who appeared in that story and in The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter as well.