By Ray L. Bellande

 
Fort Maurepas and French Colonial history (1699-1811)

 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Century History of Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs People

Families of  Ocean Springs  

German Families of Ocean Springs

History the Antoine Victoire Bellande Family

History the Gustave Bonnette Family

History of Raymond Caillavet Family

Ocean Springs Doctors, Mayors, and Aldermen

Ocean Springs Marshals, Police Chiefs, and Postmasters

Ocean Springs Parks and Streets

Ocean Springs Buildings

Demolished and Refurbished Buildings of Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs Homes

Ocean Springs Church Histories

Ocean Springs Schools

Ocean Springs Hotels and Tourist Homes

Ocean Springs Neighborhoods [Lovers Lane, Henry L. Girot and Cherokee Glen, Rose-Money Farm, and East Beach]

 

Ferries, Bridges and Inner Harbor

Ocean Springs Black History and Black Churches

Civil War and Spanish American War at Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs Maritime and Seafood History

Ocean Springs Yellow Fever and Hurricanes

Ocean Springs Athletics and High School Band

Ocean Springs Research Sources and Index of Ray L. Bellande's "Sous Les Chenes; and  "Images Under the Oaks" from 1993-2007

Walter Inglis Anderson by Christopher H. Maurer

 

Walter Anderson and other Mississippi Gulf Coast Artists: Manuel E. Jalanivich, Ethel Dismukes, William Woodward,  George E. Ohr, and Harry Del Reeks.

 

West Jackson County, Mississippi Cemeteries

 

Jackson County, Mississippi Natural Resources and Horn Island

Gulf Hills Resort and Dude Ranch

History of Vancleave, Mississippi

History of the St. Martin Community

History of D’Iberville, Mississippi

Biloxi, Mississippi History

Biloxi, Mississippi Families

Biloxi, Mississippi Homes

Hancock County, Mississippi History

 


 

 

 
Ray L. Bellande's
 

Five Centuries on Biloxi Bay: A Chronology of Ocean Springs, Mississippi
 

Washington Avenue
, Ocean Springs, Mississippi circa 1903.
The Davis Brothers Store is situated in the large building on the right.
The view is south from Old County Road, now Government Street.

[photo by Winifred Norwood  Shapker (1870-1937).  Courtesy of Lynne Ann Shapker Sutter]

Presenting the history and genealogy of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, a wonderful and diverse community on the Mexican Gulf, which was founded by French Canadian soldiers of fortune and their French cohorts with the establishment of Fort Maurepas, in April 1699.
Ocean Springs was incorporated in September 1892.
 

Ocean Springs Archives was created in October 2004 for Ray L. Bellande 

Most of the information provided by this website was researched
by the author from 1991 to present day and published in
The Ocean Springs Record
.

 

 

Letters and Emails are always welcomed
Ray can be contacted at:

Ray L Bellande
P.O. Box 617
Ocean Springs, MS 39566-0617
[228] 424-6041

Email: rbellande@cableone.net

 

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