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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JAF_memorialization-of-jefferson-davis_Gulfport-MS.html
On site of old Harrison County Court House
where at age 80 he made this famed speech
— To the —
young men of the Mississippi which stands
out as this great American's crowning service
to the United States through its far-reachi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA8_handsboro_Gulfport-MS.html
N.1 mi. Founded c. 1800. Famed, 1840-1900, for foundries, sawmills & shipyard; Coast's first newspaper, "Democrat" (1846); and many fine academies. Here Jeff. Davis attended Polar Star Lodge, founded in 1852.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA7_handsboro-presbyterian-church_Gulfport-MS.html
Organized November 18, 1877, by the New Orleans Presbytery. The present church building was erected in 1891 on the site of the original building which was destroyed by fire in 1889.
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/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/HM1ANX_gulf-coast-military-academy_Gulfport-MS.html
This preparatory school for boys was founded in 1912. The senior division campus, closed in 1951, is now the site of the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, formerly known as the United States Naval Home. The junior division campus, closed in 1…