Biloxi and Gulfport are both the county seat for Harrison County
D'Iberville is in Harrison County
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On Church Avenue at Gorenflo Road, on the right when traveling south on Church Avenue.
In the late 19th Century students were tutored either privately or in academies. In 1885 the village of Lazarus erected the two-room Lazarus School known as Back Bay School, south of Laz Seymour's store and post office. In 1891, 52 students were . . . — — Map (db m122436) HM
Near Church Avenue at Gorenflo Road, on the right when traveling south.
This stone marks the site of
Fort Maurepas and Old Biloxi,
the first French settlement in the
lower south, established in the
name of Louis XIV King of France,
by Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville
April 8, 1699.
Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m122437) HM
On Bay Shore Drive at Boney Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Bay Shore Drive.
Before roads and bridges, trading-posts were essential on the Bay Pierre and Celina Harvey built their home on this site, acquired from her father Joe Moran. In the 1830s, along with their children and a black female with child, they completed their . . . — — Map (db m122403) HM
On Church Avenue south of Rodriguez Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
A century before the City of D'Iberville incorporated (1988), the north side of the Bay of Biloxi shared worldwide cultural traits. Social events brought all together. The scattered settlements began coalescing when the first street (Central Avenue . . . — — Map (db m243029) HM
On Santa Cruz Avenue at Bay Shore Drive, on the right when traveling south on Santa Cruz Avenue.
In February 1699, men exploring the Bay under Captain Pierre LeMoyne's command, found no settlements. In the 1720s, one of three colonial brickyards were developed near this site. Dominic Ladner gained title to this section (22) from the Spanish, . . . — — Map (db m122402) HM
On Central Avenue, 0.1 miles south of Bay Shore Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Long before the Europeans appeared on the Biloxi Back Bay
American Indians had trails that led to the water's edge, where
their canoes were beached for crossings. At the time Biloxi Bay
depths were incidental. That changed early in the . . . — — Map (db m122439) HM
On Race Track Road at Central Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Race Track Road.
By 1812, Spain ceded dominion of our Coast to the U.S., adding to
the Mississippi Territory. At the time most of north-shore Back Bay
Biloxi was settled by three related (Swiss-French) Ladnier families
and . . . — — Map (db m122431) HM
On Central Avenue, 0.1 miles south of Bay Shore Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In February 1699, Pierre Le Moyne (d'Iberville) sent soldiers to
explore the Bay of Biloxi. They found no evidence of Indian residence
on either side, including what is now D'Iberville. Later, in the 18th
century, French-Indian Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m122438) HM
On 7th Avenue north of Moran Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1721 the French colonial headquarters made its fourth move on
the Coast: Old Biloxi to New Biloxi with the intentions of building
a permanent fort of bricks. Abundant ideal brick clay, was discovered
here, the best of four resource sites. . . . — — Map (db m122401) HM
On Central Avenue at West Race Track Road, on the right when traveling south on Central Avenue.
In 1834 Dominique Ladnier sold a strip of land adjacent to the
Sanchez strip to Pierre Quave. The most practical location for a
town on the Bay was at this strip, because of the Bay channel
and its Proximity to the most suitable ferry landing . . . — — Map (db m122434) HM
