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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XF9_ship-island-historical_Gulfport-MS.html
12 miles south of the mainland lies emerald waters and sugar white sand. Site of economic and military conquest by the Spanish in the 1500s and the French in 1699, the British in the 1700s, and the Union Army in 1861. Site of Civil War Fort Massac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XEZ_harrison-county-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Gulfport-MS.html
"In Memory of our
Confederate Dead"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SX0_biloxi-lighthouse-historical_Biloxi-MS.html
Constructed in sections by the firm of Murray and Hazelhurst of Baltimore, Maryland, the Biloxi lighthouse arrived at this location aboard the brig General North and was erected in 1848. A cast iron sheath lined with locally made brick, the 48-foo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SEM_biloxi-blues_Biloxi-MS.html
The Mississippi coast, long a destination for pleasure seekers, tourists, and gamblers, as well as maritime workers and armed services personnel, developed a flourishing nightlife during the segregation era. While most venues were reserved for whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPI_historic-downtown-biloxi_Biloxi-MS.html
The development of downtown Biloxi is a direct reflection of the economic growth of the city. During early and mid-19th century homes on small lots and hotels occupied the area. Attracted by the population density, merchants began to establish bus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPH_city-of-biloxi-mississippi_Biloxi-MS.html
This plaque is dedicated to bring awareness to the surge and high water levels from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Camille. Both storms brought about great devastation and loss of life to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina made landfal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPG_pierre-lemoyne-sieur-d-iberville_Biloxi-MS.html
Canada's first hero was sent by King Louis XIV to locate the mouth of the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico. His landing on the Biloxi peninsula in 1699 began the colonization of the Mississippi Coast and the Louisiana Territory.
This s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PPF_brielmaier-house_Biloxi-MS.html
This house was built in 1895 for Mrs. Henry Graves and soon sold to her brother, Paul W. Brielmaier. A skilled carpenter who was superintendent and later owner of a local millwork company. Brielmaier may have constructed the house as a showcase fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MC6_united-states-merchant-marine-academy-cadet-memorial_Pass-Christian-MS.html
These grounds, from September 16, 1942 to March 21, 1950, were the site of the Pass Christian United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Basic School.
From here and the sister school at San Mateo, California, over 6000 undergraduates of the U.S.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JD7_declaration-of-independence_Pass-Christian-MS.html
Adopted by the
Continental Congress in Philadelphia
on July, 4, 1776
The 13 Original Colonies were Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina…