Ocean Springs in Jackson County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Washington Avenue
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 28, 2025
1. Washington Avenue Marker
This Ocean Springs postcard was mailed from New Orleans for one cent in August 1905. The writer tells her brother in Nebraska that the morning here was very warm, with thunderstorms. She tells him about the outbreak of "Yellow" along the Gulf Coast, and that from Louisiana to Ocean Springs she says several hundred have caught it. She says she feels she'll be fine as long as she takes care of herself.
Perhaps this visitor came to Ocean Springs to enjoy the health benefits of warm therapeutic baths in mineral-rich spring waters full of iron, sulfur, and magnesium at Marble Springs on Old Fort Bayou? Perhaps she enjoyed the cooling breezes off Biloxi Bay as she stayed in one of the many handsome guest hotels that dotted Washington and Jackson Avenues?
There is history everywhere in Ocean Springs, taking place in the shade of heritage Live Oaks.
Vintage postcard image loaned from private Ocean Springs collection
Erected by Historic Ocean Springs Association, Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Project, City of Ocean Springs. (Marker Number 13.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 30°
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Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Little Children's Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Southern Live Oak (about 400 feet away); The Old Ocean Springs Historic District (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Bertuccini House & Barbershop (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Robert A. Friar House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ocean Springs (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Bowen Avenue Historic District (approx. Ό mile away); a different marker also named Washington Avenue (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ocean Springs.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Ocean Springs Tree Tales... (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Another marker about the history of Washington Ave.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 28, 2025
2. Washington Avenue Marker
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 10, 2025
3. Washington Avenue Marker at Little Children's Park.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2025, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. 3. submitted on December 11, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
