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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVB_william-faulkner-pascagoula-novelist_Pascagoula-MS.html
William Faulkner (1897-1962) is considered one of the great Southern writers. Faulkner is traditionally associated with northern Mississippi. For much of his life, Oxford, Mississippi was his home, and many of his stories were set in his fictional…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AV5_city-of-gautier_Gautier-MS.html
This area was not always known as Gautier. The story of the city actually began in 1699. A French expedition, led by Pierre d'Iberville and accompanied by his younger brother, Jean-Baptiste Bienville, made landfall in Mobile, Alabama and explored …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUZ_smith-furr-pioneer-homesite_Wesson-MS.html
Deed U.S.G. 1816 Section 17Township 8- North Range 9- EastChristian Furr 1792-1850 Catherine Pierce Furr 1792-1882 Lott Furr 1834-1862 Martha Maxwell Furr 1824-1894 James William Smith 1864-1931 lst marriage: Mary Breedon Smith 1869-1901 2n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUT_copiah-lincoln-agricultural-high-school_Wesson-MS.html
On December 9, 1914, the Trustees of Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High School had its first meeting and opened its doors to students on September 6, 1915. This building was one of the first buildings constructed on a sixty-five acre tract of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUR_old-wesson-public-school_Wesson-MS.html
According to its cornerstone, this structure was "ereted 1889; destroyed by fire 1890; rebuilt 1893." Built in the Romanesque style of Wesson's Miss. Mills, it is now the Oswalt Youth & Com. Center.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU6_the-first-raid-from-the-sea-july-1862_Pascagoula-MS.html
On July 18, the USS Grey Cloud and USS New London turned at Round Island and headed directly toward the large hotel at Pascagoula announcing their arrival by firing two shells over the hotel scattering the civilian population. Both steamers had b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU5_wesson-hotel_Wesson-MS.html
Site of a hotel since 1864, this structure was built ca. 1877. Known originally as the Richardson House, the hotel was owned by Mississippi Mills, a once-flourishing textile mill founded by J.M. Wesson in 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AU2_new-sight-school_Brookhaven-MS.html
In 1921 the Confederate Grove, Garner, Clear Branch, and Mt. Zion community schools consolidated to create the Now Sight School, once located on this site. Established under the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917, designed to promote vocational, agric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATG_dejean-house_Pascagoula-MS.html
Built in 1906 by Ambrose Linder for Valsin Pierre DeJean and his new wife, May Mundy, the DeJean house is one of the few remaining Queen Anne cottages in Pascagoula. The home features the original cast iron fence and many original interior feature…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATF_orange-avenue-historic-district_Pascagoula-MS.html
The Orange Avenue Historic District includes nineteen architecturally significant structures on Orange and Live Oak Avenues and Frederic and Magnolia Streets. Five of the homes in the area are independently listed in the National Register of Histo…
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