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MISSISSIPPI- BILOXI, MS- 3/24/00

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BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI

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CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS of BILOXI 
BPOE Elks Lodge 606 wpe772.jpg (5777 bytes) wpe77B.jpg (4339 bytes)

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Biloxi Business Mens Club

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Rotary Club
F & AM Lodge #120

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SIGHTS in BILOXI 
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Farmers Market
Seafood Museum

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The area occupied by Indians long before the arrival of the French
A subdivision called Summerville was established on the Point in 1845
Lots were not purchased until the development of the canning industry around 1885
Early inhabitants were Polish from Baltimore and Yugoslavians from Louisiana
A large migration from Vietnam occurred in the 1970's
Biloxi had several hundred fishing boats by the 1920's
The average schooner length was 40 to 50 feet in 1915
50 to 60 foot ships were common after 1915
A 69 foot Mary Margaret appeared in the Regatta in 1929
The schooners were converted to power dredgers in 1933
The Barataria Canning Company opened a factory at the Point in 1882
Another factory, the Lopez, Dunbar's Sons and Company, opened in 1884
Biloxi led the world in seafood canning by 1903
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The Fishing Fleet of Biloxi

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wpe741.jpg (6438 bytes) The Great Watermelon Hunt wpe740.jpg (4115 bytes) Made of wood by cutting a wedge from a tree stump
Spring Flowers of Biloxi wpe73B.jpg (7468 bytes) wpe73C.jpg (10974 bytes) wpe730.jpg (13363 bytes)
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The CASINOS of BILOXI
Beau Rivage Casino wpe782.jpg (6875 bytes) wpe783.jpg (6350 bytes)
Boomtown Casino

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Grand Casino wpe752.jpg (13794 bytes)
Imperial Palace Casino

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Isle of Capri Casino wpe750.jpg (15470 bytes)
Magic Casino wpe751.jpg (14933 bytes)
Palace Casino wpe74E.jpg (4317 bytes) wpe73C.jpg (3424 bytes) wpe73D.jpg (2943 bytes) wpe7BB.jpg (2626 bytes)

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HISTORY of BILOXI
Fort Lewis

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 Biloxi was capital of French Louisiana in early 1700's
Fort occupied by Governor Blenville during the John Law Settlement venture, 1720-1722
Boundaries extended up the Mississippi Valley to Canada and the Rocky Mountains

 

PEOPLE of BILOXI
William Bartram

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 Bartram was a noted naturalist and journalist
He traveled down the Mississippi River and along the Gulf Coast in 1777
He published his observations in 1791

 

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