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 . . . — — Map (db m81011) HM
Built in 1928, this school for African American students in Pass Christian was funded by public and private money, including the Rosenwald Foundation. First known as the Harrison County Training School, the name was changed to honor a former . . . — — Map (db m243128) HM
Stone County was proposed by legislator Andrew Wiggins Bond and created from the north third of Harrison County during a May 8, 1916 vote. It is named for two~time Mississippi governor John Marshall Stone. The county seat, Wiggins, was established . . . — — Map (db m109217) HM
United States of America
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
State of Ohio Harrison County
Civil War
*Custer, Thomas Ward Lt. Col. Namozine Church, Virginia 1865 •
*Custer, Thomas Ward Lt. Col. Sailor's Creek, Virginia 1865 • . . . — — Map (db m208742) HM
On April 24, 1960, Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., M.D., led about 125 volunteers in a peaceful wade-in on segregated Biloxi Beach. Trained in non-violent passive resistance, they expected to be arrested. Instead they were attacked by a white mob armed . . . — — Map (db m249039) HM
Two years after Harrison County was created by The Republic of Texas Congress in 1839, landowner Peter Whetstone offered property for a courthouse, a church, and a school in an effort to persuade county officials to locate the seat of government . . . — — Map (db m257996) HM
Texas had very few factories in 1861 when she joined the Confederate States of America and went to war on the issue of States’ Rights. Some of the manufacturing plants necessary to supply military goods were thereupon established in and around . . . — — Map (db m110899) HM
Tennessee native Khleber Miller Van Zandt moved to east Texas as a child. After serving as a major in the 7th Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., he came to Fort Worth in 1865. A merchant, banker, and rancher, he was instrumental in making the city a . . . — — Map (db m264157) HM
Influential Texas politician Isaac Van Zandt was born on July 10, 1813. He lived in Tennessee and Mississippi until he moved to the Republic of Texas in 1838. After settling in Harrison County, Van Zandt served as congressman for Harrison County in . . . — — Map (db m187064) HM
In 1912, there were approximately one million motor vehicles registered in the United States but few good roads. Most of the roads outside of urban areas were dirt that turned to mud when wet. Long-distance travel by car was still very much a . . . — — Map (db m162418) HM
Ninety percent of Iowa's land area is in agriculture, the highest of any state in the United States. As you travel the roads in Iowa, you will notice most of the crops are one of two types: corn or soybeans. Corn Native to central Mexico, where . . . — — Map (db m162420) HM
On site of old Harrison County Court House
where at age 80 he made this famed speech
— To the —
young men of Mississippi which stands
out as this great American's crowning service
to the United States through its . . . — — Map (db m81014) HM
Established before the founding
of Mississippi City, the earliest
burials here date to the 1840s.
In 1884, the cemetery was sold to
Harrison County for $1, provided
no graves would be disturbed.
Buried here are veterans of
the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m243084) HM
In 1848, the United States Lighthouse Service erected the South's first cast-iron lighthouse, in Biloxi on a low sandy bluff overlooking the Mississippi Sound. The tower was fabricated by the Murray and Hazelhurst Vulcan Works of Baltimore, . . . — — Map (db m249042) HM
It is fascinating to look over the population figures through
the decades of Ocean Springs' history and growth.
The following population figures are from Federal Census counts,
and from calculations by regional historian Ray Bellande,
as . . . — — Map (db m290289) HM
Barbour County
Attractions
Alderson-Broaddus College. This private coeducational college is situated on a beautiful 170-acre campus overlooking Philippi, site of the first land battle of the Civil War. Its excellent performing arts . . . — — Map (db m239336) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
