By Ray L. Bellande

 

 
Ocean Springs Research Resources and Index for Sous Les Chenes and Images Under the Oaks

          

SOURCE MATERIAL FOR OCEAN SPRINGS RESEARCH

“Discovering the "Discovery City"

 

There are many things germane to the culture and history of a place.  Some might be considered fact and others trivia.  Hopefully all are interesting and entertaining to the reader.  Presented are some sources, which should provide some of the above criteria:

 

                                                                                                                                         LITERATURE

From the literature we gain knowledge of the past.  The author highly recommends the following list of books, pamphlets, and newspaper columns to anyone interested in various aspects of the history, genealogy, and culture of Ocean Springs:

 

Mary Louise Adkinson, Bousage-Bosarge Family, Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society-Special Issue 4 (June 1986), and 2nd Edition (January 1991), 321 pages.

 

Melba Goff Allen, 1850 Census of Jackson County, Mississippi, (Allen: Pascagoula-1988), 54 pages.

 

Melba Goff Allen, Death Records of Jackson County, Mississippi, (Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula-1990), 140 pages.

 

Agnes Anderson, Approaching The Magic Hour, (University of Mississippi Press:  Jackson-1989), 177 pages.

 

Barker, Fazio, and Hildebrandt, The Small Town as an Art Object,

 

William Bartram, Travels of William Bartram, (Dover Publications: New York-1955), 414 pages.

 

Ray L. Bellande, The Bellande Cemetery, Ocean Springs: A History and Register (1851-1990), (Bellande-Ocean Springs-1991), 30 pages.

 

---------------, Cemeteries Near Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, (Bellande: Ocean Springs-1992), 141 pages.

 

---------------, Ocean Springs Hotels and Tourist Homes, (Bellande: Ocean Springs-1994), 155 pages.

 

---------------, "Sous Les Chenes", newspaper local history column in The Ocean Springs Record.  Commenced May 13, 1993 to present (June 2002)

 

John H. Blitz, C. B. Mann, and Ray L. Bellande, Mississippi Archaeology, Vol. 30, No. 1, June 1995, “Fort Maurepas and Vieux Biloxi: Search and Research”, 36 pages.

 

Carl A. Brasseaux, A Comparative View of French Louisiana, 1699 and 1762:  The Journals of Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville and Jean-Jacques-Blaise d'Abbadie, (The Center For Louisiana Studies, USL: Lafayette, Louisiana-1979), 159 pages.

 

Laville Bremer, Biloxi Historical Sketch, (General Printing Company: New Orleans-1931), 42 pages.

 

Mary Plummer Buford and Albert G. Buford, “The Bufford Letters”, a series of approximately forty letters written from August 2, 1878 until September 15, 1878, from Mary Plummer Buford (1808-1878) at Ocean Springs to her husband Albert G. Buford (1813-1878+) of Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, relating some of the events of the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic at Ocean Springs.  The original Buford letters are now in the possession of Wally Northway, a descendant of A.G. Buford.  Northway is a resident of Florence, Mississippi.  Copies exist in the Jackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Archives, Pascagoula, Mississippi.

 

Cyril E. Cain, Four Centuries on the Pascagoula: History, Story, and Legend of the Pascagoula River Country,(The Reprint Company: Spartanburg, South Carolina-1983), Two volumes.

 

Margaret Rose Carraway, "The Cornerstone of Old Fort Maurepas", Journal of Mississippi History, April, 1951. pp. 101-104.

 

Nap L. Cassibry, II, The Ladner Odyssey, Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society-Special Issue 6 (January 1988), 931 pages.

 

J.F.H. Claiborne, Mississippi as a Province, Territory, and State, (The Reprint Company: Spartanburg, South Carolina-1978.  Reproduced from an 1880 edition), 591 pages.

 

Thomas Ewing Dabney, Ocean Springs: The Land Where Dreams Come True, (Republished by 1699 Historical Committee-Lewis Printing Service: Pascagoula-1974.  Originally published circa 1915), 34 pages.

 

Discover Ocean Springs, (Greater Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce Annual Magazine by Hubert St. Onge, et al), approximately 60 pages).

 

M. Le page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana, (Claitor’s Publishing Division: Baton Rouge, Louisiana-1972), 366 pages.

 

Charles L.Dyer, Along The Gulf, (Women of the Trinity Episcopal Church:  Pass Christian-1971.  Originally published 1895, 60 pages.

 

J. Ambrose Elwell, et al, Soil Survey of Jackson County, Mississippi, (Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C.-1927)

 

Robert B. Fisher, The French Invade the South and Lose, (Shaugnessy & Co.: Biloxi-1984), 50 pages.

 

Alcee Fortier, A History of Louisiana (4 Volumes), (Manzi, Joyant, & Co.: New York-1904).

 

T.H. Glenn, The Mexican Gulf Coast on Mobile Bay & Mississippi Sound Illustrated, (Delchamps: Mobile, Alabama-1893), 100 pages.

 

Dale Greenwell, Twelve Flags Triumphs and Tragedies: A Complete documented, detailed history of the Mississippi Coast and its people, (Published by Greenwell-1968), 175 pages.

 

Lurline S. Hall, Plum Wine Reveries, (Letohatchie, Alabama: 1984) (stories told by Joseph Louis "Dode" Schrieber about growing up in Ocean Springs in the late 1800s), 52 pages.

 

Ellis Handy, "Know Your Neighbor", The Gulf Coast Times (Newspaper) (July 1949 to November 1949).  A series of informative articles on families and individuals who con-

tributed to the development of Ocean Springs.

 

Jean-Baptise de la Harpe, The Journal of the Establishment of the French in Louisiana, (University of Southwestern Louisiana: Lafayette, Louisiana-1971), 272 pages.

 

Nollie Hickman, Mississippi Harvest: Lumbering in the Longleaf Pine Belt (1840-1915), (The Paragon Press: Montgomery, Alabama - 1962), 306 pages.

 

Jay Higginbotham, Fort Maurepas: The Birth of Louisiana, (Colonial Books:  Mobile-1968), 93 pages.

 

----------------------, The Journal of Sauvole, (Colonial Books: Mobile-1969), 70 pages.

 

----------------------, Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane (1702- 1711), (Museum of the City of Mobile, Publication No. 4: Mobile-1977), 585 pages.

 

Regina B. Hines Ellison, Ocean Springs 1892, (Lewis Printing Services: Pascagoula-1979), 87 pages.

 

-----------------------------, Ocean Springs, 1892, 2nd Edition, (Lewis Printing Services: Pascagoula-1991), 150 pages.

 

The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, (Lewis Printing Services: Pascagoula-1989), 438  pages.

 

H. Grady Howell, Jr., To Live and Die in Dixie, A History of the Third Mississippi Infantry, CSA, (Chickasaw Bayou Press:Jackson, Mississippi-1991), 644 pages.

 

Jackson County, Mississippi School Census (1912), (Ocean Springs Genealogical Society: Ocean Springs-1989), 82 pages.

 

Journal of the Frigate "Le Marin" (September 5, 1698-July 2, 1699), (Blossman Printing Company: Ocean Springs-1974), 70 pages.

 

Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Pascagoula (published quarterly since 1984).

 

Helen Kerr Kempe, The Pelican Guide To Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume 1:  Natchez and the South, (Pelican Publishing Company:  Gretna, Louisiana-1977).

 

Darlene Krohn, The Descendants of Jerome Ryan, (Krohn: Latimer, Mississippi-1995).

 

Main Street Through Mississippi on the Old Spanish Trail, J.H. Jacque, compiler, and A.A. Heldt, photographer, (Gulfport Printing Company: Gulfport-circa 1925).  Larry Cosper at Local Color Gallery has the only copy in Ocean Springs.

 

Mexican Gulf Coast Winter Resorts (Illinois Central Railroad Promotional Pamphlet circa 1890), Biloxi Public Library Archives.

 

Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams, Fleur de lys and Calumet, The Penicaut Narrative, (LSU Press: Baton Rouge-1953), 281 pages.

 

Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams, Iberville's Gulf Journals, (University of Alabama Press: University, Alabama-1981), 195 pages.

 

Mississippi Coast History and Genealogical Society, Biloxi (published three times a year since 1968).

 

Mississippi Gulf Coast Yesterday & Today (1699-1939), Federal Writers Project in Mississippi Works Progress Administration, (Gulfport Printing Company: Gulfport-1939), 162 pages.

 

Honorable John Hugh McDowell, History of the McDowell's, Erwins, Irwins, and Connections, (C.B. Johnston & Co,-Memphis, Tennessee-1918)

 

Lu Hartley Morehead, Old Spanish Trail Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, (Dixie Press: Gulfport, Mississippi-1955 and 1958).

 

Ocean Springs, Mississippi: A Look at the Beautiful Past of a Beautiful City, (Ocean Springs Junior High School 8th Grade Enrichment Class-1983, Deanne Nuwer, Editor), 76 pages.

 

Nola Nance Oliver, The Gulf Coast of Mississippi, (Hastings House: New York-1941).  Approximately 100 pages.

 

Thomas Park, Recollections of Ocean Springs (1911-1919), (Chicago-1982) (a monograph written about Park's boyhood recollections located in the vertical files at the Ocean Springs Public Library), 33 pages.

 

Dawson A. Phelps, Research Report on Fort de Maurepas, Mississippi, (US Department of The Interior-National Park Service, 1939) 

 

Requiem, Jackson County Cemetery Records (Three Volumes), (Jackson County Genealogical Society-1969), 464 pages.

 

Elizabeth Lemon Roberts and Ray L. Bellande, Ocean Springs The way we were 1900-1950, (Ocean Springs Rotary Club: Ocean Springs, Mississippi-1996), 159 pages.

 

Betty Clark Rogers, Miscellaneous Records of Jackson County, Mississippi, (Volume I), (Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula-1990), 152 pages.

 

Betty Clark Rogers, Obituaries, Marriages, and Celebration of Jackson and George Counties, 2 volumes, (Jackson County Genealogical Society-1989 and 1991), 275 pages.

 

Bernard Romans, A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, (reprinted Pelican Publishing Company: New Orleans, Louisiana-1961), 291 pages.

 

C.E. Schmidt, Ocean Springs French Beachhead, (Lewis Printing Services: Pascagoula-1972), 142 pages.

 

Collen C. Sholtes and L.J. Scholtes, Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast:  A Pictorial History, (The Donning Company:  Norfolk, Virginia-1985), 219 pages.

 

M. James Stevens Collection, Ocean Springs (Book No. 112), Biloxi Public Library History & Archives Department, approximately 500 pages.

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Confederate Records of Jackson County, Mississippi, (Moss Point, Mississippi-1988), 178 pages.

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory: Census, Tax Rolls, and Petitions, Book 1, (Strickland: Moss Point, Mississippi-1995)

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory:                   Book 2, (Strickland: Moss Point, Mississippi-199 )

 

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory:                   Book 3, (Strickland: Moss Point, Mississippi-199  )   

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory:

Book 4, (Strickland: Moss Point< Mississippi-19   )

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory:               Book 5, (Strickland: Moss Point, Mississippi-199  )

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory:        Book 6, (Strickland: Moss Point, Mississippi-199  )

 

Jean Strickland and Patricia N. Edwards, Residents of the Southeastern Mississippi Territory: Records of Spanish West Florida (1806+), Book 7, (Strickland: Moss Point, Mississippi-1999)

 

Charles Sullivan, Hurricanes of the Mississippi Gulf Coast-1717 to Present, (Gulf Publishing Company:  Biloxi-1986), 139 pages.

 

Charles Sullivan, The Mississippi Gulf Coast: Portrait of a People, (Windsor Publications: Northridge, California-1985), 200 pages.

 

Gerald W. Sweitzer and Kathy M. Fields, The 50 Best Small Southern Towns, (Peachtree Publishers: Atlanta, Georgia-2001)

 

Ray M. Thompson, "Know Your Coast", (Biloxi Daily Herald-1955-1956), Biloxi Public Library Historical and Genealogical Section.

 

Twentieth Century Coast Edition of the Biloxi Daily Herald: Historical and Biographical (George W. Wilkes & Sons: Biloxi-1902?), 100 pages.

 

R.A. Wilkinson, "The Gulf Coast", letters written for The New Orleans Times Democrat, (Passenger Department L&N Railroad: Louisville, Kentucky-1886), 63 pages.

 

Thomas C. S-Wixon, Photographs From the Past, Jackson County, Mississippi, (Wixon:  Pascagoula-1982).  96 pages.

 

WPA For Mississippi Historical Data-Jackson County,(State Wide Historical Project-1936-1937), 478 pages.

 

Volunteer Fire Companies of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including Ernest Schimdt's Condensed History of Ocean Springs, (1960), 38 pages.

 

Larry Ziglar, A History of Jackson County, Mississippi (Masters Thesis: Mississippi College-1961), 175 pages.

 

 

NEWSPAPERS

Another valuable source of information is the newspaper.  Although early newspapers were published at Ocean Springs very few survive.  A brief listing of the newspapers of Ocean Springs follows:

 

The Ocean Springs Naiad- first published on September 10, 1853.  First and second issues were printed in the New Orleans Daily Picayune in September 11 and 18th, 1853.  Copies may be seen in Book 112 (Ocean Springs) of the M. James Smith Collection at the Biloxi Public Library.

 

The Ocean Springs Gazette- first issue 1854.  George A. Cox, proprietor; T.H. Manning, publisher; E.K. Washington, editor.  There is a copy of the March 24, 1855 edition in the

Ocean Springs Public Library.

 

The Ocean Springs Tattler-published in the 1870s.  No known copies available.

 

The Ocean Springs Signal-published only in 1892 by C.W. Crozier and F.L. Drinkwater.  (see Ocean Springs French Beachhead, pages 80-81).

 

The Ocean Springs Leader-published in 1893 by F.L. Drinkwater (see Ocean Springs, 1892, page 27.)

 

The Ocean Springs Wave-published for 10 months in 1896 by Arthur Soule.  Jules Soule, editor.  Two issues (1896) available at Mississippi Department of Archives and History and on microfilm at the Pascagoula Public Library.

 

The Progress- A.E. Lee (1874-1936) publisher and editor from 1897-1903.  Lee sold to Ernest Beaugez.  Plant destroyed by fire March 4, 1905.  Some issues (1904-1905) available at Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and Chancery Court of Jackson County Archives in Pascagoula.

 

The Ocean Springs News- (1905 to 1915).  A.E. Lee publisher and editor from 1905 to 1915 when he sold to Thomas Ewing Dabney (1885-1970) who became editor and Winifred Dabney, publisher.  Dabney sold out to Lee in August 1916.  Lee changed the name of the paper to The Jackson County Times.  Available on microfilm, at the Jackson County Chancery Court Archives in Pascagoula (January 16, 1909 to December 23, 1911 and January 6, 1916 to July 13, 1916).  Some issues on microfilm at the Ocean Springs Public Library (November 14, 1914 to March 1916).

 

The Jackson County Times-(1916 to 1947).  A.E. Lee publisher and editor until his death in 1936.  His son, Harry R. Lee (1903-1951), was publisher and editor until his death in 1951.  Copies available 1916, 1917, 1920-1927 and 1929 in bound books at the Jackson County Chancery Court Archives at Pascagoula.  March 1943 to January 1947? on microfilm at the Ocean Springs Public Library.  Mississippi Department of Archives and History has (1918-29, 1933, 1936, 1949, 1951-1953) on microfilm.

 

The Gulf Coast Times-(1947 to 1953).  George W. Reagen, editor.  On microfilm at Ocean Springs Public Library, and Ms. Dept. of Archives & History.  Some original issues at the Jackson County Chancery Court Archives in Pascagoula.

 

The Ocean Springs News-(1953 to 1967).  Published by Gulf Graphics Publishing Company, James Fraser-editor.  Bound copies 1964-1967 in Ocean Springs Library.

 

The Daily Times-News-?-1964.  Published by Gulf Graphics Publishing Company (five days per week).  Four January 1964 issues bound in the Ocean Springs News 1964 Book at the Ocean Springs Library.

 

The Jackson County News-1968.  Richard Hathorne, editor.  Bound copies in Ocean Springs Library.

 

The Ocean Springs Record-June 1966 to 1999 on microfilm or bound at the Ocean Springs Public Library.  The Ocean Springs Record has an archives of back issues in their office at 715 Cox Avenue.

 

Jackson County Chancery Court Archives and Pascagoula Public Library should have the following newspapers on microfilm:

 

The Jackson County Times (1916-1936)

The Ocean Springs News (1909-1911)

The Ocean Springs News (1914-1969?)

The Progress (1904-1905)

 

Maps

 

The following maps are old and give one an idea of the local geography from the French Colonial Period to the Civil War.

 

Specific Map of Fort Maurepas and the Bay of Biloxi and the Surrounding Area (c. 1700).  Scale (1"=570').  Copy available at the Biloxi public Library.

 

New Biloxi (c. 1720).  Copy available at the Biloxi Public Library.

 

Map of the Coast of New Biloxi (1"=3 1/4 miles).  Copy available at the Biloxi Public Library.

 

Map of Part of the Coast of New Biloxi With Surrounding Islands (1"=7200').

 

Culmseig Map of 1854 (One of the first surveyed map of the Village of Ocean Springs).  Copy available at Chancery Clerk's Office in Pascagoula and Ocean Springs Public Library.

 

US Coast Survey (1851) Harbor and Back Bay of Biloxi (1:10000) by W.E. Greenwell and W.M. Johnson.  Biloxi Public Library.

 

US Coast Survey (1858) Biloxi Bay (1:40000) by W.E. Greenwell and S.A. Gilbert.  Biloxi Public Library.

 

Sanborn Maps (for insurance purposes): 1893, 1898, 1904, (2 sheets), 1909 (3 sheets), and 1925 (4 sheets).  Ocean Springs Public Library.

 

Others:   Ray L. Bellande has a personal collection of maps and surveys plats of the area which he has found and reproduced while searching for Ocean Springs' past glory.

 

THE OCEAN SPRINGS RECORD

      From mid-May 1993 until               ? , Ray L. Bellande (b. 1943) wrote two columns, Sous Les Chenes and Images Under the Oaks for The Ocean Springs Record.  Hard copies of these articles are housed in the McCain Archives at the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, Mississippi and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History at Jackson, Mississippi.  An index of these articles, which are concerned with the chronology of Ocean Springs, Mississippi follow:

INDEX

 

1993

May 13, 1993, How Ocean Springs Streets Were Named

May 20, 1993, ditto, part II

May 27, 1993, ditto, part III

June 3, 1993, ditto, part IV

June 10, 1993, ditto, part V

June 17, 1993, The Ocean Springs State Bank

June 24, 1993, ditto, part II

July 1, 1993, A Railroad man and a park: Charles Marshall (1848-1928)

July 8, 1993, Fort Maurepas then and now

July 15, 1993, ditto, part II

July 22, 1993, Herman John Nill (1863-1904)

July 29, 1993, ditto, part II

August 5, 1993, ditto, part III

August 12, 1993, Historic Lover's Lane

August 19, 1993, The Veronica Trial: May 1903

August 26, 1993, ditto, part II

September 2, 1993, Hotels and tourist homes of Ocean Springs' past

September 9, 1993, ditto, repeated because of errors by OS Record.

September 16, 1993-Did (does) your house have a name?

September 23, 1993, ditto, part II

September 30, 1993, ditto, part III

October 7, 1993, ditto, part IV

October 14, 1993, Parker Earle (1831-1917)

October 21, 1993, ditto, part II

October 28, 1993, ditto, part III

November 4, 1993, Anna Louise Benjamin (1848-1938)

November 11, 1993, William Gray Kendall (1812-1872) 

November 18, 1993, ditto, part II

November 25, 1993, The Schmidt Bakery Shop (1901-1993)

December 2, 1993, ditto, part II

December 9, 1993, Farmers and Merchants State Bank Building (1913-1993)

December 16, 1993, ditto, part II

December 23, 1993, ditto, part III

December 30, 1993, The Rose Farm: 1887-1993

 

1994

January 6, 1994, ditto, part II

January 13, 1994, ditto, part III

January 20, 1994, ditto, part IV

January 27, 1994, Charlie Dryden (1860-1931): King of the Baseball writers

February 3, 1994, Edward Antoine Bellande (1897-1976): The Ocean Springs Eagle

February 10, 1994, ditto, part II

February 17, 1994, John M. Tracy (1842-1893): America's great sporting painter

February 24, 1994, ditto, part II

March 3, 1994, Jeff Davis Holloway (1861-1938): The Jeff-L&N Nos. 35 and 36

March 10, 1994, Capt. Francis O' Neill (1849-1936) and Glengariff (1914-1971)

March 17, 1994, The Shanahan House (1894-1919)

March 24, 1994, Early Irish families of Ocean Springs

March 31, 1994, ditto, part II

April 7, 1994, ditto, part III

April 14, 1994, ditto, part IV

April 21, 1994, Past d'Iberville Landing Commemorations

April 28, 1994, The Big Ridge School: 1890-1914

May 5, 1994, The Terry Courts: 1943-1957

May 12, 1994, The L&N Depot: 1907-1994

May 19, 1994, The Beach-New Beach Hotel: 1899-1921

May 26, 1994, ditto, part II

June 2,1994, The Artesian House: 1891-1936

June 9, 1994, ditto, part II

June 16, 1994, William Woodward painted the town in 1891

June 23, 1994, A History of the American Legion-Jaycee Hut

June 30, 1994, ditto, part II

July 7, 1994, The Emma Harvey: A tale of the July Storm 1916

July 14, 1994, ditto, part II

July 21, 1994, ditto, part III

July 28, 1994, Carter-Calloway House: "Steamboat House"

August 4, 1994, Who was the Widow LaFontaine?

August 11, 1994, The Poitevent Family

August 18, 1994, ditto, part II

August 25, 1994, ditto, part III

September 1, 1994, Freedom Field: The Ocean Springs Greyhounds 1949-1952

September 8, 1994, ditto, part II

September 15, 1994, Ocean Springs Hotel Wharf: Walker v. Egan (1855)

September 22, 1994, ditto, part II

September 29, 1994, Dorothy Dell (1914-1934): Our first movie star

October 6, 1994, The Babendrier Cemetery

October 13, 1994, ditto, part II

October 20, 1994, The Civil War Comes to Ocean Springs

October 27, 1994, ditto, part II

November 3, 1994, Medicine Men of Ocean Springs

November 10, 1994, ditto, part II

November 17, 1994, ditto, part III

November 24, 1994, ditto, part IV

December 1, 1994, ditto, part V

December 8, 1994, ditto, part VI

December 15, 1994, ditto, part VII

December 22, 1994, ditto, part VIII

December 29, 1994, ditto part IX

 

1995

 January 5, 1995, The Ramsay-Anderson Vancleave Store

January 12, 1995, ditto, part II

January 19, 1995, Pre-Shearwater Pottery History: (1837-1918)

January 26, 1995, ditto, part II

February 2, 1995, The Simmons-Gregory House: 1911-1995

February 9, 1995, ditto, part II

February 16, 1995, Antonio Catchot's Oyster Shop

February 23, 1995, ditto, part II

March 2, 1995, Frank H. Bryan House: (1910-1995)

March 9, 1995, ditto, part II

March 16, 1995, Lundy-McClure Family

March 23, 1995, ditto, part II

March 30, 1995, ditto, part III

April 6, 1995, Van Cleave-Wilson Cottage (1888-1995)

April 13, 1995, ditto, part II

April 20, 1995, ditto, part III

April 27, 1995, Lawton Carver (1903-1973)

May 4, 1995, The Mayors of Ocean Springs: 1892-1993

May 11, 1995, ditto, part II (2nd Anniversary of Sous Les Chenes)

May 18, 1995, ditto, part III

May 25, 1995, ditto, part IV

June 1, 1995, ditto, part V

June 8, 1995 ditto, part VI

June 15, 1995, ditto, part VII

June 22, 1995 ditto, part VIII

June 29, 1995 ditto, part IX

July 6, 1995, ditto, part X

July 13, 1995, ditto, part XI

July 20, 1995, ditto, part XII

July 27, 1995, Lurline S. Hall Remembers Ocean Springs

August 3, 1995, ditto, part II

August 10, 1995, ditto, part III

August 17, 1995, Heffner-Cosper-Dale Courts

August 24, 1995, ditto, part II

August 31, 1995, ditto, part III

September 7, 1995, Presbyterians and Old Creole Days

September 14, 1995, Joseph Fortune Meyer

September 21, 1995, Hollingsworth Family

September 28, 1995, ditto, part II

October 5, 1995, Illing Theatre

October 12, 1995, ditto, part II

October 19, 1995, Vieux Biloxy and Environs:1719-1720

October 26, 1995, ditto, part II

November 2, 1995, Young-Shanteau Garage

November 9, 1995, ditto, part II

November 16, 1995, Early Black Education in Ocean Springs

November 23, 1995, ditto, part II

November 30, 1995, Hansen-Widmer House:  520 Jackson

December 7, 1995, ditto, part II 

December 14, 1995, Fred Bradford: Master builder

December 21, 1995, ditto, part II

December 28, 1995, Seafood History

 

1996

January 4, 1996, Seafood History, part II

January 11, 1996, ditto, part III

January 18, 1996, ditto, part IV

January 25, 1996, ditto, part V

February 1, 1996, ditto, part VI

February 8, 1996, ditto, part VII

February 15, 1996, ditto, part VIII

February 22, 1996, ditto, part IX

February 29, 1996, ditto, part X

March 7, 1996, ditto, part XI

March 14, 1996, ditto, part XII

March 21, 1996, Jacques Bertuccini House: 619 Washington

March 28, 1996, The Ocean Springs Country Club: 1914-1918

April 4, 1996, W.B. Schmidt (1823-1901): Merchant Prince

April 11, 1996, ditto, part II

April 18, 1996, Ocean Springs: The Way We Were

April 25, 1996, ditto, part II

May 2, 1996, ditto, part III

May 9, 1996, ditto, part IV

May 16, 1996, ditto, part V-(3rd Anniversary),

May 23, 1996, ditto, part VI

May 30, 1996, ditto, part VII

June 6, 1996, The Arndt Cottage: 1895-1996

June 13, 1996, ditto, part II

June 20, 1996, The 1878 and 1897 Yellow Fever Epidemics

June 27, 1996, ditto, part II

July 4, 1996, ditto, part III

July 11, 1996, The 1893 Hurricane: The Great October Storm

July 18, 1996, Maginnis Estate: Post-bellum-1925

July 25, 1996, ditto, part II

August 1, 1996, After the 1916 Fire: OS Fire Co. No. 1

August 8, 1996, Outback-Fort Bayou: Wool and Sheep

August 15, 1996, ditto, part II

August 22, 1996, Early History of St. Martin

August 29, 1996, ditto, part II

September 5, 1996, ditto, part III

September 12, 1996, ditto, Part IV

September 19, 1996, ditto, Part V

September 26, 1996, ditto, Part VI

October 3, 1996, ditto, Part VII

October 10, 1996, ditto, Part VIII

October 17, 1996, ditto, Part IX

October 24, 1996, ditto, Part X

October 31, 1996, A.E. Lee (1874-1936): Newspaper Legend

November 7, 1996, ditto

November 14, 1996, Oil and Gas Exploration: Jackson County, Miss.

November 21, 1996, ditto, part II

November 28, 1996, ditto, part III

December 5, 1996, ditto, part IV

December 12, 1996, ditto, part V

December 19, 1996, ditto, part VI

December 26, 1996, Newfoundland 1696-1996: Let the Tricentennials Begin

 

1997

January 2, 1997, Reverend Joseph B. Walker:  (1817-1897)

January 9, 1997, ditto, part II

January 16, 1997, Catchot-Lemon Building: (1897-1997)

January 23, 1997, ditto, part II

January 30, 1997, McLeod Lodge No. 424:  (1892-1928)

February 6, 1997, ditto, part II

February 13, 1997, Biloxi Bay Colonial Shipwrecks: Mystery Ship?

February 20, 1997, ditto, part II

February 27, 1997, ditto, part III

March 6, 1997, E.M. Westbrook House: 1897-1946

March 13, 1997, ditto, part II

March 20, 1997, Local Cemetery Histories

March 27, 1997, ditto, part II

April 3, 1997, ditto, part III

April 10, 1997, ditto, part IV

April 17, 1997, ditto, part V

April 24, 1997, ditto, part VI

May 1, 1997, ditto, part VII

May 8, 1997, ditto, part VIII

May 15, 1997, ditto, part IX (4th anniversary)

May 22, 1997, ditto, part X

May 29, 1997, Joseph B. Rose: Biscuits, Beans and Boats

June 7, 1997, ditto, part II

June 14, 1997, Dees' Landing On Bluff Creek

June 21, 1997, Charles E. Engbarth House: 1917-1997

June 28, 1997, ditto, part II

July 3, 1997, Some Early Methodist History

July 10, 1997, ditto, part II

July 17, 1997, Brother Isaiah (1847-1934):  "Miracle Man"

July 24, 1997, Wieder-Engbarth Garage-Pelham Building: (1920-1997)

July 31, 1997, ditto, part II

August 7, 1997, Little Children's Park: A glorious gift

August 14, 1997, ditto, part II

August 21, 1997, East Beach: The Sullivan Era (1890-1910)

August 28, 1997, ditto, part II

September 4, 1997, ditto, part III

September 11, 1997, ditto, part IV

September 18, 1997, ditto, part V

September 25, 1997, ditto, part VI

October 2, 1997, ditto, part VII

October 9, 1997, ditto, part VIII

October 16, 1997, ditto, part IX

October 23, 1997, ditto, part X

October 30, 1997, ditto, part XI

November 6, 1997, Harvey Ferry Landing: A 19th Century Back Bay Steam Ferry Quay

November 13, 1997, ditto, part II

November 20, 1997, Young-Steelman Building: fenders, Fords, and food

November 27, 1997, ditto, part II

December 4, 1997, Clement-Jacobs House: The Porter House

December 11, 1997, ditto, part II

December 18, 1997, ditto, part III

December 25, 1997, Bellande-Cosentino House: 1897-1997

 

1998

January 1, 1998, Bellande-Consentino House: 1897-1997 (part II)

January 8, 1998, Early Seymour Family Settlements

January 15, 1998, ditto, part II

January 22, 1998, ditto, part III

January 29, 1998, ditto, part IV

February 5, 1998, ditto part V

February 12, 1998, ditto, part VI

Febraury 19, 1998, ditto, part VII

February 26, 1998, ditto, part VIII

March 5, 1998, A History of D'Iberville, Mississippi

March 12, 1998, ditto, part II

March 19, 1998, ditto, part II (reran because of errors)

March 26, 1998, ditto, part III

April 2,1998, The Royal Flush: Ocean Spring's Racing Catboat

April 9, 1998, ditto, part II

April 16, 1998, Clark-Reinike House: 1904-1998

April 23, 1998, ditto, part II

April 30, 1998, West Jackson County Naval Stores: 1860-1950

May 7, 1998, ditto, part II

May 14, 1998, ditto, part III (5th Anniversary)

May 21, 1998, ditto part IV

May 28, 1998, ditto, part V

June 4, 1998, ditto, part VI

June 11, 1998, ditto, part VII

June 18, 1998, Hanson-Wilson House: Shadowlawn (1907-1998)

June 25, 1998, ditto, part II

July 2, 1998, ditto, part III

July 9, 1998, ditto, part IV

July 16, 1998, The Spanish-American War at Ocean Springs: 1898

July 23, 1998, ditto, part II

July 30, 1998, ditto, part III

August 6, 1998, ditto, part IV

August 13, 1998, ditto, part V

August 20, 1998,Geiger-Friar House: 1898-1998

August 27, 1998, ditto, part II

September 3, 1998,ditto, part III

September 10, 1998, A History of Vancleave (Bluff Creek): 1720-1998

September 17, 1998, ditto, part II

September 24, 1998, ditto, part III

October 1, 1998, (Hurricane Georges-rained out)

October 8, 1998, ditto, part IV

October 15, 1998, ditto, part V

October 22, 1998, ditto, part VI

October 29, 1998, ditto, part VII

November 5, 1998, ditto, part VIII

November 12, 1998, ditto, part IX

November 19, 1998, ditto, X

November 26, 1998, ditto, XI

December 3, 1998, ditto, XII

December 10, 1998, ditto XIII

December 17, 1998, ditto XIV

December 24, 1998, ditto XV

December 31, 1998, ditto XVI

 

1999

 

January 7, 1999, A History of Vancleave (Bluff Creek): 1720-1999, (part XVII)

January 14,1999, ditto, part XVIII

January 21, 1999, ditto, part XIX

January 28, 1999, ditto, XX

February 4, 1999, ditto, XXI

February 11, 1999, ditto XXII

February 18, 1999, ditto. XXIII

February 25, 1999, ditto, XXIV

March 4, 1999, ditto, XXV

March 11, 1999, From Ocean Springs To The Big Apple: The Stuart-Smith Families

March 18, 1999, The Newcomb-Dick House: “Dogwood Place”-1916-1999

March 25, 1999, ditto, part II

April 1, 1999, The C.W. Madison Railroad Cottages: 1891-1999

April 8, 1999, Enemy Corsair Attacks Pascagoula: September 4, 1805

April 15, 1999, The Crash Boat Base: 1943-1946

April 22, 1999, ditto, part II

April 29, 1999, ditto, part III

May 6, 1999, The 1927 Ocean Springs High School

May 13, 1999 ditto, part II, (6th Anniversary)

May 20, 1999, ditto, part III

May 27, 1999, Judge Paul M. W. Linebarger (1871-1939): Sun Yat-sen’s American Emissary

June 3, 1999, A 20th Century Chronology of Ocean Springs

June 10, 1999, ditto, part II

June 17, 1999, ditto, part III

June 24, 1999, ditto, part IV

July 1, 1999, ditto, part V

July 8, 1999, ditto, part VI

July 15, 1999, ditto, part VII

July 22, 1999, ditto, part VIII

July 29, 1999, ditto, part IX

August 5, 1999, ditto, part X

August 12, 1999, ditto, part XI

August 19, 1999, ditto, part XII

August 26, 1999, The Vaughan-Hire House: 1112 Bowen (1895-1999)

September 2, 1999, ditto, part II

September 9, 1999, Mary Cahill O’Keefe (1893-1980)

September 16, 1999, ditto, part II

September 23, 1999, ditto, part III

September 30, 1999, ditto, part IV

October 7, 1999, ditto, part V

October 14, 1999, John Bacon Lyon (1829-1904): New Chicago

October 21, 1999, ditto, part II

October 28, 1999, Art Who? Who’s Inn? 623 Washington Avenue (1911-1999)

November 4, 1999, ditto, part II

November 11, 1999, ditto, part III

November 18, 1999, Fernando Upton Gautier (1822-1891): From Whence He Came

November 25, 1999, Catchot’s Grocery and Market, 1111 Calhoun Ave. (1847-1957)

December 2, 1999, ditto, part II

December 9, 1999, Shadows Under The Oaks: Vanguards of the 20th Century

December 16, 1999, ditto, part II

December 23, 1999, ditto, part III

December 30, 1999, ditto, part IV