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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQG_gulf-and-ship-island-railroad-depot_Wiggins-MS.html
Following the fire of January 21, 1910, in downtown Wiggins, Gulf and Ship Island Railroad officials replaced the two-story, wooden depot lost lo the blaze with a one-story wood frame structure. In the late 1990s, when the Kansas City So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQF_gulf-ship-island-railroad_Wiggins-MS.html
As early as 1837, attempts were made to build the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad. It was finally completed from Gulfport to Hattiesburg by Buffalo, New York, financier Joseph T. Jones in October 1896. Commercial operations began on Januar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQE_stone-county-courthouse_Wiggins-MS.html
Designed by architect Xavier Kramer, and constructed by Standard Construction Co. in 1917, this multi-storied Neo-Classical building contains a large courtroom and offices for county officials. A cultural as well as legal center, the cou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQA_ocean-springs-blues_Ocean-Springs-MS.html
Front Music has been an integral component of Ocean Springs' legacy as a coastal cradle of the arts and a sponsor of festive celebrations. Notable African-American musicians born in Ocean Springs include Jaimoe (Johnnie Lee Johnson), who was in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ4_biloxi-beach-wade-in_Biloxi-MS.html
Front On April 24, 1960, Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., M.D., led about 125 volunteers in a peaceful wade-in on segregated Biloxi Beach. Trained in non-violent passive resistance, they expected to be arrested. Instead they were attacked by a white mob …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ3_pleasant-reed-house_Biloxi-MS.html
Originally located at 306 Elmer St., the Pleasant Reed House was completed ca. 1887 by prominent African American carpenter and community leader Pleasant Reed. The earliest portion was a one-story, three-room, frame "shotgun" type …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ1_battle-of-mcleods-mill_Leakesville-MS.html
In November 1864, Union Brig. Gen. John Davidson led an expedition from Baton Rouge toward the Mobile & Ohio R.R. On December 10, part of his force crossed the Chickasawhay River and met two Confederate cavalry regiments at McLeods Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ0_byron-patton-pat-harrison_Leakesville-MS.html
Born in Crystal Springs, Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) came to Leakesville and taught in the local high school from ca. 1900 until 1902, when he opened his first law practice near this area. Appointed as the town's first Marshall, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APU_clark-cemetery_State-Line-MS.html
The Clark Cemetery was established by W.M.B. Clark (1809-1881) in 1879 with the burial of С.С. McInnis, born in 1804. It is the final resting place of a number of Greene County businessmen, legislators, county officials and v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A7S_environmental-archaeology_Jackson-MS.html
Picture yourself standing at this spot, centuries ago, long before cars and highways parking lots and interpretive trails. It is springtime. You stand in an Indian village dotted with clay-walled houses; there is smoke rising from numerous fir…
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