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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATD_captain-h-h-colle-house_Pascagoula-MS.html
The Captain H.H. Colle House is a center-hall style cottage. It dates from 1880 making it one of the oldest surviving structures from old Scranton (Pascagoula). Typical of home construction of this time period, the walls are horizontal wood boards…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQA_ocean-springs-blues_Ocean-Springs-MS.html
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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/HM27H5_scrantons_Pascagoula-MS.html
Today's downtown Pascagoula used to be the town of Scranton, Mississippi, until the two towns merged in 1912. The early history of the area was marked by two fires in 1921 that leveled the downtown area.
A new fire hall was built in 1925 with t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27H4_jackson-county-government_Pascagoula-MS.html
Jackson County has seen many governments. The first European settlement in the Mississippi gulf coast area was at present-day Ocean Springs in 1699. The French found the area already occupied by several American Indian tribes, with the primary one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229P_charnley-norwood-house-bon-silene_Ocean-Springs-MS.html
Designed in 1890 by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (known as the "Father of the Skyscraper") and his young draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, this was the vacation home of James Charnley and later Fredrick Norwood, both Chicago lumber magnates. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XKS_honoring-us-merchant-marine-historical_Moss-Point-MS.html
Dangerous missions World
War II approximately 8,700
mariners were killed at
sea, approximately 11,000
wounded 604 prisoners
60 died in prison camps
The Merchant Maines have
delivered the goods when and
where needed in operations
and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XKR_pow-prisoners-of-war-a-war-memorial_Moss-Point-MS.html
World War Two
Nathan Allen, Albert Broussard,
Frank Dethloff, James D. Gautier,
Harold Goff, James Caire,
William Johnson, James Kelly,
Guy Krebs, Claude Martin,
Bob Sieznger, Maurice Tanner,
Mitch Varcereaux, Erwin Wells,
John Yocum,
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XKQ_honoring-women-in-the-military-a-war-memorial_Moss-Point-MS.html
Army Nurse Corps, Est. Jan. 2, 1901
Navy Nurse Corps, Est. May 13, 1908
WAAC/WAC, (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) Army,
Est. May 15, 1942. July 1, 1943 The word auxiliary was
dropped and merged into the WAC (Woman's Army Corps)
WAFS (Wom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XKP_round-island-lighthouse-historical_Pascagoula-MS.html
The Round Island Lighthouse was built on the barrier island of the same name located off the mouth of the Pascagoula River. Replacing an earlier structure built in the 1830's, the lighthouse was completed in 1859 for a cost of $7,130.97. The light…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XKN_home-front-world-war-ii-historical_Moss-Point-MS.html
During World War II the home front
played an important role of
support for the fighting men and
women in addition to protecting
themselves and making sacrifices
of the things that were taken for
granted.
Rosie the Riveter became a house…