The Historian
The Historian is the newsletter of the Hancock County Historical Society, and is mailed to our members on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Copies are also available free of charge at Lobrano House, on Cue Street in downtown Bay St. Louis.
And we now publish The Historian online also! Click on a date below to read.
(No newsletter is published in December)
- January 2012 The Civilian Conservation Corps by Eddie Coleman; Labat Project; Installation of 2012 Officers - Insert with photos by Eddie Coleman;
- November 2011 Ludovic Adrien Viallier de Montluzin du Sauzay (12/12/1827-12/26/1909) prepared by Emily Hosmer de Montluzin and Emily Lorraine de Montluzin; Dearest Arlette: Everyday Life in Postwar America and France, Letters of Two Reunited Families by Emily Hosmer de Montluzin with Emily Lorraine de Montluzin; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - The Sea Coast Echo Building by Scott Bagley; Eighteenth Annual Cemetery Tour by Eddie Coleman;
- October 2011 A Brief History of Cedar Rest Cemetery by Eddie Coleman; Cook's Praline & Gift Shop - a Reminiscence by Margaret Prevou; World War II Newspaper Clippings by Eddie Coleman;
- September 2011 Fort Lovell - Civil War Fort of Shieldsboro by Russell Guerin; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Caroline Dale Snedeker by Scott Bagley; Repair of Tercentenary Park Statue by Scott Bagley; My Mississippi Families: Home, At Last by Ronnie Margaret Farris McGinnis;
- August 2011 The Gilmore Hotel by Eddie Coleman; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Center, Hancock County's First County Seat by Scott Bagley
- July 2011 The Coming Fight - John L. Sullivan's visit to Bay St. Louis by New York Herald 1882; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Shieldsboro vs. Bay St. Louis by Scott Bagley
- June 2011 The Louisiana-Mississippi War of 1905 by Edith Back; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Napoleon by Scott Bagley
- May 2011 Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville by Charles Gray; Cassette Girls by Charles Gray; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Dueling by Scott Bagley
- April 2011 Seafood Canneries in Bay St. Louis by Eddie Coleman; Review of "My Mississippi Families: Home, At Last" by Ronnie Margaret Farris McGinnis
- March 2011 Eliza Poitevent Nicholson - A Woman Ahead of Her Time edited by Eddie Coleman; Belle Fontaine ... A Speculation by Russell Guerin
- February 2011 Lake Borgne by Russell Guerin; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Brown's Vineyard - Scuppernong Wine by Scott Bagley
- January 2011 The Republic of West Florida by Eddie Coleman; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Richmond Barthé by Scott Bagley; Christmas Tea & The Installation of the 2011 Board of Directors
- November 2010 The Progress of the Races - Etienne William Maxson comp. & edited by Eddie Coleman; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - John C. Stennis Space Center by Scott Bagley; The 17th Annual Cemetery Tour insert
- October 2010 The Visitor - a Pearlington Ghost Story by Marcie Cuevas Turnbough; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Praline Capital of the World by Scott Bagley; Restoration of the Lobrano House Parlor insert
- September 2010 Valena C. Jones School by Eddie Coleman; Valena C. Jones by Eddie Coleman; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Cecil B. de Mille by Scott Bagley
- August 2010 Elmwood Manor by Eddie Coleman; Did You Know This About Hancock County? - Dorothy Dix by Scott Bagley
- July 2010 Reflections of Hancock County Collected by S. G. Thigpen - Yellow Fever! compiled and edited by Eddie Coleman
- June 2010 Lawrence County Archives - Simon Favre by Russell Guerin; Lunch at the Toulme-Phillips House by Eddie Coleman
- May 2010 Renaissance of a Magnificent Beachfront Home (Toulme-Phillips House) by Charles Gray; Reflections of Hancock County Collected by S.G. Thigpen compiled and edited by Eddie Coleman
- April 2010 Mississippi's Native Population After the European Intrusion edited by Eddie Coleman;
- March 2010 Mississippi's Native Population Before the Europeans Came edited by Eddie Coleman; Hancock County Historical Society Receives the Frank E. Everett, Jr. Award
- February 2010 Early Spanish Explorers of the Gulf Coast edited by Eddie Coleman;
- January 2010 Bricks in Early Hancock County by Russell Guerin; Board of Directors for 2010
- November 2009 Historic Woodmen of the World Building Celebrates 100th Birthday by Vicky Niolet; Cemetery Tour 2009 by Eddie Coleman
- October 2009 Notes from “The Sketch Book of Hancock County” (R.R. Perkins; Peerless Oyster Company) comp. & ed. by Eddie Coleman; Rededication of The City Crest at Tercentenary Park by Eddie Coleman
- September 2009 Who Built the Pirate House of Waveland? by Russell Guerin; Tercentenary Park by Charles Gray
- August 2009 The City of Waveland by Eddie Coleman; Students Shine at National History Day Competition by Renee McClendon
- July 2009 Gulfside Methodist Assembly by Scott Bagley
- June 2009 Louis Joseph Piernas by Eddie Coleman; Father Stanislaus Buteux by Russell Guerin
- May 2009 The Monte Walden Collection of Native American Artifacts by Charles H. Gray; Poverty Point, a Place and a Culture by Charles H. Gray; Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church by Scott Bagley
- April 2009 The Lighthouse at Clermont Harbor comp. & ed. by Eddie Coleman; National History Day in Hancock County by Renee McClendon; Mississippi Trivia and Interesting Stuff
- March 2009 The City of Pearlington ed. by Eddie Coleman; Logtown Methodist Church by Scott Bagley
- February 2009 The Clifton Hotel ed. by Eddie Coleman; St. Claire Catholic Church by Scott Bagley
- January 2009 St. Augustine’s Seminary and Grotto ed. by Eddie Coleman; Installation of 2009 Board of Directors by Eddie Coleman
- November 2008 German Submarine Activity in the Gulf of Mexico from the M. James Stevens Collection, edited by Eddie Coleman; 2008 Cemetery Tour by Eddie Coleman
- October 2008 History of the Annual Cemetery Tour by Eddie Coleman; St. Rose de Lima Catholic Church by Scott Bagley
- September 2008 J. F. H. Claiborne - Gentleman Planter or Confederate Yankee? comp. & edited by Eddie Coleman
- August 2008 When Hollywood Came to Town (the movie “This Property is Condemned”) by Eddie Coleman; First Presbyterian Church, Bay St. Louis by Scott Bagley
- July 2008 The Orphan Train Movement ed. by Eddie Coleman; Requiem for a Building (138 Main Street) by Charles Gray
- June 2008 Richmond Barthé (1901-1989), American Sculptor ed. by Eddie Coleman; First Baptist Church, Bay St. Louis by Scott Bagley
- May 2008 The Scafidi Collection by Charles H. Gray; Anthony J. “Tony” Scafidi: short biography and several photos
- April 2008 Sarah Bernhardt ed. by Eddie Coleman; Turtle Farm ed. by Eddie Coleman; Valena C. Jones Memorial United Methodist Church by Scott Bagley
- March 2008 A Brief History of The Kiln by Eddie Coleman; The Church of the Annunciation, Kiln by Scott Bagley
- February 2008 Indian School by Russell Guerin; Main Street United Methodist Church by Scott Bagley; Dilville School picture 1920
- January 2008 Early Churches of Hancock County (Christ Church, Episcopal) by Scott Bagley; Installation of 2008 Board of Directors by Eddie Coleman; Renovations to Lobrano House by Eddie Coleman
- November 2007 The Admiralty Anchor by Russell Guerin; 2007 Halloween Tour by Eddie Coleman
- October 2007 Once Upon a Midnight, Dreary…. (Bourgeois ghost of Waveland) by Eddie Coleman; Ghost of the Pirate House by Eddie Coleman; The Ethereal Harpist (ghost of Pass Christian) by Kat Bergeron, ed. Eddie Coleman; A Brief History of Halloween by Eddie Coleman
- September 2007 Everything Old Is New Again (Pictures before/after/now - Katrina)
- August 2007 The County Seats of Hancock County by Eddie Coleman; Gainesville by Eddie Coleman; Center/Caesar by Eddie Coleman
- July 2007 The Hancock Bank Building on Beach Boulevard by Scott Bagley; Migration of Those Who settled Hancock County by Marco Giardino and Russell Guerin, ed. Eddie Coleman; De Bow’s Review
- June 2007 The Notorious of Hancock County (Pierre Remaux, Calico Dick, James Copeland) ed. Eddie Coleman; Trio Hunts Treasure on Downtown Bay Lot (reprinted from The Sea Coast Echo); Prohibition and Hancock County by Eddie Coleman
- May 2007 Connecting the Coast Once Again (Reopening of the Bay Bridge) by Eddie Coleman; Bay-Waveland Yacht Club by Scott Bagley
- April 2007 Ford’s Fort by Russell Guerin; Thomas Anderson: Hancock County’s Representative to the Convention for Statehood ed. Eddie Coleman; The Rededication of Tercentenary Park by Eddie Coleman
- March 2007 Hope in Our Time of Trial and Sorrow (Repairs to Tercentenary Park) by Charles Gray; Why Is the Statue of Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville? by Charles Gray, ed. Eddie Coleman; The Voyage of Le Marin Epilogue reprint of article by Edith Back
- February 2007 Carnival and Mardi Gras ed. Eddie Coleman; Mardi Gras in Bay St. Louis ed. Eddie Coleman; Post-WWII Celebration ed. Eddie Coleman; Mardi Gras in Hancock County ed. Eddie Coleman
- January 2007 Villa Quisiana ed. Eddie Coleman; The Jermyn Collection by Eddie Coleman; New Officers
- November 2006 Ferry Across the Bay (new and old); 2006 Halloween Tour by Eddie Coleman
- October 2006 Seaman William Canby by Paul La Violette; Survivors, Part 3
- September 2006 Mississippi’s No-man’s Land: An Echo of the Koch Family Letters by Marco Giardino and Russell Guerin; Legends; Survivors, Part 2
- August 2006 Survivors - Twenty-two beachfront homes/ buildings which survived Katrina
- July 2006 Lakes, Marshes, Bayous Compiled by the Works Progress Administration; Napoleon Community
- June 2006 Formation of Hancock County Compiled by the Works Progress Administration
- May 2006 Katrina Treasure - family quilt found after storm by Dale St. Amant; Cadet La Fontaine by Russell Guerin
- April 2006 Excerpts from S. G. Thigpen’s books; Bay St. Louis Memories by Tommy Crosslin; Pearson Foundation Publishes Book
- March 2006 Katrina Cottages ed. by Dale St. Amant
- February 2006 The railroad in Bay Saint Louis by Dale St. Amant
- January 2006 Groups To Restore Two Historic Bay Homes ed. by Dale St. Amant; Plan for the Conservation and Storage of Hecker Cottage Artifacts ed. by Eddie Coleman; Help from Many Hands by Eddie Coleman
- November 2005 Miracle at Lobrano House by Charles Gray; Way North of I-10 (Bucks County, PA) by Charles Gray; MSNBC and Bay St. Louis by Dale St. Amant
- No newsletter published in October 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina
- No newsletter published in September 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina
- August 2005 The Ringing of School Bells (Public Ed. in Hancock County [Part 2]) ed. by Eddie Coleman; Gerald Price’s Scrapbook
- July 2005 Rediscovery of Jourdan; Holly Bluff; Darwood on the Jourdan, all by Dale St. Amant; Public Education in Hancock County (Part 1) ed. by Eddie Coleman
- June 2005 Evolution of the Lighthouse Tower by Dale St. Amant
- May 2005 Brown’s Vineyard; Brown’s Vineyard Magnolia marker
- April 2005 The Pirate House by Russell Guerin; the Pirate House Magnolia marker
- March 2005 Book signing of A Place Apart by Dale St. Amant; picture of Logtown School’s 1959 eighth grade class
- February 2005 Midshipman William Canby by Paul LaViolette
- January 2005 St. Joseph’s Academy