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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XI7_round-island-lighthouse-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
The original Round Island lighthouse was built in 1833 on Round Island for $5,895 by Marshall Lincoln and David Henshaw. It was constructed using methods similar to those used on the East coast rather than methods suitable for the Gulf coast and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XGH_camp-jefferson-davis-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
Authorized on February 22, 1848, by
President James K. Polk, this camp
was situated on a peninsula just south
of Pascagoula called Greenwood Island.
The camp grounds consisted of several
buildings, including a hospital, parade
ground, and ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XG9_capt-john-grant-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
Tomb ½ block W. Built first RR in old S. W., 1831. Invented passing track & raised platform. Dredged "Grant's Pass" & E. branch Pascagoula R. Legislator in Miss., Ala., & La., voting for Ala. charter to N.O. & M. (L & N), 1866.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XFW_pascagoula-street-railroad-and-power-company-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
The Pascagoula Ice and Freezer Company
was established in the late 1880s. Its
name changed in 1903 when the one-story
brick building just north of this site
was built. It is the only example of
Mission Revival Style architecture in
Pascagoul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XFV_krebs-cotton-gin-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
Invented and operated by members of pioneer Krebs family at least two decades before the Whitney gin. Family burial ground is on site of Old Spanish Fort.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XFU_mississippi-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699. Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XEX_mississippi-gulf-coast-blues-heritage-festival-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
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The Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival, one of the longest running blues festivals in the Deep South, was founded in 1991 by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Commission, Inc. At the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi and lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XEU_president-zachary-taylors-summer-home-site-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
United States of America
President Zachary Taylor's
Summer Home Site
Here his widow Margaret MacKall
Smith Taylor, died August 18, 1852.
Their daughter, Elizabeth, wife of
General William Wallace Bliss,
lived nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMASL_pascagoula-fire-fighters_Pascagoula-MS.html
On this site on April 17, 1952, Pascagoula's newest and most modern fire truck, on its way to an emergency call collided with and was destroyed by a train called "The Hummingbird". Assistant Chief Klein Thornton, Firefighter DeWitt Monroe, and Vol…