THE HISTORIAN

The Historian is the newsletter of the Hancock County Historical Society, and is mailed monthly to our members. 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)

• 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 by Dale St. Amant—family quilt found after storm; 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. Louisby 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