Authorized on February 22, 1848, by
President James K. Polk, this camp
was situated on a peninsula just south
of Pascagoula called Greenwood Island.
The camp grounds consisted of several
buildings, including a hospital, parade
ground, and . . . — — Map (db m102205) HM
After the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February, 1848, ending the Mexican War, 80,000 US Troops returned to the US for reassignment or discharge. To alleviate the crowded port conditions of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mobile, and St. . . . — — Map (db m102309) HM
Named in honor of Thomas Lawson, the Surgeon General of the Army, it was staffed by the Chief Medical Officer of Twiggs' Brigade, Surgeon John B. Porter, and Assistant Surgeons Glover Perin and Lyman Stone, U.S. Army. Located on the southern point . . . — — Map (db m102360) HM
Camp Twiggs was named in honor of Army General David E. Twiggs, the commanding general of the Western Division, the geographical area of the southeast U.S. in 1849. Twiggs replaced Zachary
Taylor when Taylor was elected President in November, 1848. . . . — — Map (db m102359) HM
Tomb ½ block W. Built first RR in old S. W., 1831. Invented passing track & raised platform. Dredged "Grant's Pass" & E. branch Pascagoula R. Legislator in Miss., Ala., & La., voting for Ala. charter to N.O. & M. (L & N), 1866. — — Map (db m102202) HM
The Captain H.H. Colle House is a center-hall style cottage. It dates from 1880 making it one of the oldest surviving structures from old Scranton (Pascagoula). Typical of home construction of this time period, the walls are horizontal wood boards . . . — — Map (db m122480) HM
Built ca. 1899, the Clark House was the
home of Clara and Henry Clark. The Clark
family first settled in Jackson County in
1838 and worked as wholesale grocers and
ship chandlers. Constructed as a center- hall
cottage, the house was later . . . — — Map (db m197760) HM
The Colle family acquired several tracts of land adjacent to their family home during the 1880s and 1890s for the development of rental property. The family built three houses in the immediate area – 3607, 3611, and 3615 Frederic Street. Constructed . . . — — Map (db m242985) HM
Once a widely heralded destination, the
Cottage by the Sea Tavern, located
here, was part of a resort hotel complex
built by Charles Boster in 1872. A sea
captain and native of Germany, Boster
served in the U.S. Navy during the
Mexican War. . . . — — Map (db m197765) HM
Built in 1906 by Ambrose Linder for Valsin Pierre DeJean and his new wife, May Mundy, the DeJean house is one of the few remaining Queen Anne cottages in Pascagoula. The home features the original cast iron fence and many original interior features. . . . — — Map (db m122476) HM
Built in 1905 by Dr. Joseph A. Tabor, this home is Pascagoula's finest example of a Dutch Colonial Revival Residence, a rare architectural style in South Mississippi.
Dr. Tabor was born in Chicago in 1870 and relocated to New Orleans where he . . . — — Map (db m122479) HM
Constructed as the residence of Georgia
P. Kinne from portions of an earlier
structure in 1899, the house once located
here was apparently again remodeled and
enlarged by carpenter William Ladnier
following damage sustained during a . . . — — Map (db m197759) HM
Jackson County has seen many governments. The first European settlement in the Mississippi gulf coast area was at present-day Ocean Springs in 1699. The French found the area already occupied by several American Indian tribes, with the primary . . . — — Map (db m117281) HM
In tribute to
the courageous men and women
of Jackson County, Mississippi,
who fought in World War II
for the democratic ideals
which we hold so dear. — — Map (db m102311) WM
James William Buffett, known to the entertainment world as Jimmy Buffett, was born in Pascagoula on December 25, 1946. He and his family lived at his location on Roosevelt Street. Jimmy spent his early years here before eventually moving to Mobile. . . . — — Map (db m200216) HM
Invented and operated by members of pioneer Krebs family at least two decades before the Whitney gin. Family burial ground is on site of Old Spanish Fort. — — Map (db m102185) HM
Jackson County, being on the Confederate side during the American Civil War, suffered numerous incursions by Union forces. However, it was the one of April 9, 1863, which, although small by combat standards, had far-reaching import to Union . . . — — Map (db m102301) HM
Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699. Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817. — — Map (db m102187) HM
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The Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival, one of the longest running blues festivals in the Deep South, was founded in 1991 by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Commission, Inc. At the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in . . . — — Map (db m102158) HM
Pascagoula played a significant role in the national effort to win World War II. The city offered a seaport, a riverport, and a modern shipyard – the Ingalls Iron Works. As a result, the city's population grew from 6,000 to 35,000 by 1943. To handle . . . — — Map (db m242976) HM
The Orange Avenue Historic District includes nineteen architecturally significant structures on Orange and Live Oak Avenues and Frederic and Magnolia Streets. Five of the homes in the area are independently listed in the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m122478) HM
On this site on April 17, 1952, Pascagoula's newest and most modern fire truck, on its way to an emergency call collided with and was destroyed by a train called "The Hummingbird". Assistant Chief Klein Thornton, Firefighter DeWitt Monroe, and . . . — — Map (db m16546) HM
The Pascagoula River basin is the largest and last unimpeded river system in the lower 48 states.
The basin is approximately 64 miles long and 84 miles wide with 16,045 miles of rivers and streams.
The Pascagoula River is the lifeblood . . . — — Map (db m122676) HM
The Pascagoula Ice and Freezer Company
was established in the late 1880s. Its
name changed in 1903 when the one-story
brick building just north of this site
was built. It is the only example of
Mission Revival Style architecture in
Pascagoula . . . — — Map (db m102184) HM
It was the evening of October 11, 1973 when two local shipyard workers went fishing. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker had picked their spot on the west bank of the East Pascagoula River between the railroad and Highway 90 bridge. As dusk fell a . . . — — Map (db m242988) HM
The Farnsworth Summer House was built
ca. 1898 by local lumber magnate
R. A. Farnsworth as his family's beach
cottage. The house's five rooms were
arranged in linear fashion to take
maximum advantage of the gulf breezes and
were completely . . . — — Map (db m197677) HM
The two-story wood-frame structure
once located here was constructed ca.
1900, probably from parts of an earlier
building. Its two - tiered wrap - around
gallery and French doors reflected
the Creole building traditions of the
region. Owned . . . — — Map (db m197758) HM
The original Round Island lighthouse was built in 1833 on Round Island for $5,895 by Marshall Lincoln and David Henshaw. It was constructed using methods similar to those used on the East coast rather than methods suitable for the Gulf coast and the . . . — — Map (db m102291) HM
Round Island is located in the shallow Mississippi Sound only 3 miles offshore of the entrance to the Pascagoula River. By the early 19th Century increasing coastal commerce had made the need for a lighthouse critical. This first Round Island . . . — — Map (db m102363) HM
The Round Island Lighthouse was built on the barrier island of the same name located off the mouth of the Pascagoula River. Replacing an earlier structure built in the 1830's, the lighthouse was completed in 1859 for a cost of $7,130.97. The . . . — — Map (db m102386) HM
During the American Civil War the Union forces' grand strategy, the Anaconda Plan, was to encircle and then strangle the Southern States into submission. Confederate response included the use of blockade runners that dashed through the naval . . . — — Map (db m122537) HM
Today's downtown Pascagoula used to be the town of Scranton, Mississippi, until the two towns merged in 1912. The early history of the area was marked by two fires in 1921 that leveled the downtown area.
A new fire hall was built in 1925 . . . — — Map (db m117278) HM
Jackson County is known for shipbuilding. Early settlers hand-crafted utility, fishing and local transportation boats to one-of-a-kind designs, but World War I saw explosive development of a modern industry. Dierks-Blodgett in Pascagoula, and . . . — — Map (db m102361) HM
Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed
slave, this congregation was originally known
as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is
among the state's oldest continuous African
American congregations. Through the years,
numerous hurricanes . . . — — Map (db m197344) HM
On July 18, the USS Grey Cloud and USS New London turned at Round Island and headed directly toward the large hotel at Pascagoula announcing their arrival by firing two shells over the hotel scattering the civilian population. Both . . . — — Map (db m122486) HM
The Longfellow House was built in 1850 by Captain Daniel Smith Graham, a wealthy New Orleans slave trader and occasional pirate. After construction the captain continued with his sea-faring duties leaving his wife to keep up the mansion. As time . . . — — Map (db m102358) HM
Round Island is easily seen three miles south of the Pascagoula River entrance. In the summer of 1849 it was the site of an event which drew attendance by soldiers of fortune from all over the South and required intervention by the President of the . . . — — Map (db m122533) HM
William Faulkner (1897-1962) is considered one of the great Southern writers. Faulkner is traditionally associated with northern Mississippi. For much of his life, Oxford, Mississippi was his home, and many of his stories were set in his fictional . . . — — Map (db m122540) HM
