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MISSISSIPPI- BAY ST. LOUIS, MS- 1/24/05

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BAY ST LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI

 

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 OLD SHIELDSBORO
Now Bay St Louis, named for Thomas Shields who obtained Spanish grant nearby, 1790.  After 1800, settlement was popular summer resort for planters & trade from interior made it busy port of entry & export.
Bay St Louis... a place where the surf and trees reach the sky

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CASINO MAGIC in BAY ST LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI
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Down Town BAY ST LOUIS, Mississippi
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 PUBLIUS RUTILIUS RUFUS PRAY
Born in Maine, 1793.  Hancock County judge.  Served in Mississippi House of Representatives.  1827 - 1829.  President of State Constitutional Convention, 1832.  Elected judge of High Court of Errors and appeals, 1837.  Died 1840.
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Train Station at Bay St Louis, Mississippi

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Train submitted by N Niklaus 08/23/05

 

Churches of BAY ST LOUIS, Mississippi
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 ST STANISLAUS COLLEGE
Founded 1854, by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart.  Oldest institution of learning on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  Chartered 1870, as St Stanislaus Commercial College, it became college preparatory in 1923.

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OUR LADY OF THE GULF
Established 1847 by Bishop J J Chanche, S S, first Bishop of Natchez.  Mother church of Hancock County, third oldest Catholic parish on the Gulf Coast and fifth oldest in Mississippi.

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HISTORIC HOUSES in BAY ST LOUIS, Mississippi
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before Katrina       after Katrina 08/29/05
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SIGNS of the TIMES in BAY ST LOUIS, Mississippi
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