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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA6_gulf-coast-college_Gulfport-MS.html
Once located in the Handsboro Community, Gulf Coast College was founded in 1865 by Henry Leinhard as a private coeducational boarding school here on this site. In the early 1890's the college was converted into a public school. After the original …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA5_st-marks-episcopal-church_Gulfport-MS.html
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, once located here, was organized as a mission parish in 1846. Originally a simple rectangular frame building with twin front doors. The church was altered and enlarged over the years and was moved from its original bea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA3_mississippi-city-courthouse_Gulfport-MS.html
Constructed in 1893 as part of the Harrison County Circuit Clerk's office, the "Old Courthouse," located here, was a two-story, red brick edifice. It was the last remaining structure associated with a complex of courthouse buildings in Mississippi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA2_blues-jazz-in-the-pass_Pass-Christian-MS.html
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The histories of blues and jazz are often traced along separate pathways, but, especially on the Gulf Coast, the two genres were intertwined from the earliest days. Blues was a key element in the music of Pass Christian's illustrious nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA0_gulfport-boogie_Gulfport-MS.html
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Gulfport was once home to an active blues and rhythm & blues scene, particularly here in the North Gulfport area. Jaimoe, famed drummer with the Allman Brothers Band, was raised in Gulfport, as was the band's onetime bassist Lamar William…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9Y_the-magnolia-route_Gulfport-MS.html
On April 20, 1925, the Magnolia Route opened with a forty-hour, 1,000 mile endurance drive from Gulfport to Chicago. This route was designed to bring more commerce and tourism to Mississippi.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9P_broadcasting-the-blues_Gulfport-MS.html
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Blues radio took off in the post-World War II era with the arrival of rhythm & blues programming. A new era for blues radio began in 2000 when Rip Daniels, a Gulfport native, launched the American Blues Network (ABN) at this site. Using sat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZF_chris-ledoux_Biloxi-MS.html
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Born in Biloxi, Chris LeDoux (1948-2005), the Singing Bronc Rider, pursued dreams of success as both a competitive rodeo cowboy and latter day Western singing star and achieved both. The 1976 World Champion Bareback Bronc Rider released m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO9_tivoli-hotel_Biloxi-MS.html
A six-story, blonde-brick structure with an arcaded gallery that wrapped its first story, the Italian Renaissance Revival-style Tivoli Hotel was one of Biloxi's early 20th century resorts, built in 1926-27 to designs by local architect Carl E. Mat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO5_civil-rights-wade-ins_Biloxi-MS.html
On May 14, 1959, April 24, 1960, and June 23, 1963, the Biloxi beach front was the site of planned civil rights wade-ins demanding equal access to the public beach. On April 24, 1960, several citizens, both black and white, were injured and arrest…