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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQR_long-beach-presbyterian-church_Long-Beach-MS.html
Organized by Rev. Hervey McDowell, Evangelist
for Meridian Presbytery, as a Home Mission
church with 17 charter members. Organizational
meeting in Methodist Church with services held
there until building completed 1912 on site given
by M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JAY_truck-farming_Long-Beach-MS.html
Arrival of L&N Railroad in 1880's made possible Long Beach's development as a truck farming center. James Thomas and W. J. Quarles in 1884 began truck farm industry by raising and shipping green beans to northern markets. During next 25 years, ove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JAX_early-bank-and-post-office_Long-Beach-MS.html
Oldest commercial building on Jeff Davis Avenue. Built in 1924 by Hancock County Bank as its second branch. Located in Long Beach primarily to serve this area's growing truck farming industry. Because of the Great Depression, the branch was moved …
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First european settlers, Nicholas and Marianne Ladner, built a home in 1788 near Bear Point. Area first called "the chimneys" by coastal mariners after the landmark chimneys on the Ladner home. The village that developed in the 1800's was…
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Thomas Hale Boggs (1914-1972). U.S. Congressman from La. for 28 years, was born in the family home built on this site in 1875. The son of Wm. & Claire Hale Boggs, Rep. Boggs served as House Majority Leader, 1971-72.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JAC_long-beach-schools_Long-Beach-MS.html
This site given by Harper McCaughan in 1885 for school purposes only. W. J. Quarles began teaching 11 children in his home on Railroad Street (1884-1886). One room wood-frame school erected 1886, enlarged 1887. First brick building built 1906. Pri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JAB_early-long-beach_Long-Beach-MS.html
In 1788, Nicholas and Marianne Ladner became the first Europeans to settle in this area. Their log house, know as "The Chimney's", was used as a navigation for boats traveling from Mobile to New Orleans. After Nicholas's death, the Spanish granted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA9_st-thomas-the-apostle-catholic-church_Long-Beach-MS.html
St. Mary's Seminary of Perry County, Missouri, purchased land formerly owned by the Thomas family for a new church in 1904. The church was dedicated and staffed by Vincentian Priests in 1905. St. Thomas the Apostle Parish established 1915. Element…