Harvey's Hill

Harvey's Hill (HM2ARD)

Location: D'Iberville, MS 39540 Harrison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 25.5', W 88° 53.725'

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Before roads and bridges, trading-posts were essential on the Bay Pierre and Celina Harvey built their home on this site, acquired from her father Joe Moran. In the 1830s, along with their children and a black female with child, they completed their plans: A Back Bay ferry-landing, the trading post, a boatyard, lumber mill and a tavern called the Flying Tiger. For half a century the steam driven ferries Shrimp, Jennie and Old Sam transferred folks, livestock and cargo across the Back Bay.

Business tightened during the Civil War (recovery was never complete) Pierre died after the war; his son Casimer assumed management of it all. When the first Bay-bridge opened in 1901, to the east, a larger mercantile district evolved. Small trading posts, such as Harvey's, soon closed. The boatyard and lumber mill survived for a while.

A small fleet of schooners and trawlers were constructed by Casimer and later Davis Fayard. Post WWII, Wheeler Fletcher operated a sawmill here. After the 1947 hurricane, Leslie Quave and Benny Fournier built homes on the old boatyard and mill sites. Camille and Katrina removed everything.
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HM NumberHM2ARD
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Year Placed2017
Placed ByThe D'Iberville Historical Society, City of D'Iberville and Dale Greenwell
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, August 24th, 2018 at 11:02pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16R E 317959 N 3367405
Decimal Degrees30.42500000, -88.89541667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 25.5', W 88° 53.725'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 25' 30" N, 88° 53' 43.5" W
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Area Code(s)228
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3387 Bay Shore Dr, D'Iberville MS 39540, US
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