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BAY ST. LOUIS WAS FOUNDED IN 1699
IT IS THE 3RD OLDEST CITY ON LTHE GULF COAST
WITH PENSACOLA BEING 3 MONTH OLDER AND BILOXI 3 WEEKS OLDER.
NAMED AFTER KIKNG LOUIS «±QT.
BAY ST. LOUIS WAS THE FIRST INCORPORATED CITY IN MISS.
AND GULF OF MEXICO
JAN, 1318 THE FIRST EVER MEETING OF THE MS LEGISLATURE VOTED TO MAKE IT THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE BUT
THEN THEY MET AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN	______________
CHANGED IT AND VOTED NATCHEZ TO BE THE CAPITAL.
FROM 1699-1800 THERE WERE ONLY 48 FAMILIES FROM THE PEARL RIVER TO THE PERDIDO BAY AND THERE WERE NO ENGLISH SPEAKING SETTLERS, THEY SPOKE
FRENCH AND SPANISH, ALL CATHOLICS	"	'
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3300 FAMILIES MOVED DOWN 1814-1817. THEY MOVED DOWN FROM THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA. THEY WERE ANGLO SAXON AND PROTESTAN AND ENGLISH SPEAKING.
BY 1339, BSL WAS A DESTINATION FOR MANY COIMNING FROM EUROPE AND ESPECIALLY DTHE WEALTHY LIVING IN N.O.
TO ENJOY THIS SUMMER RESORT. THE LADIES WOULD BRING THEIR FINEST WARDROBES FOR PARTIES, ETC.
OUR MAIN CLAIM IS THAT THE HIGHEST PART OF THE BLUFF (BETWEEN WYLY'S HOME AND ULMAN AVE. IS THE HIGHEST ELEVATION ON THE GULF COAST FROM
BROWNSVILLE, TX. TO KEY WEST, FLORIDA --------- 31 FT.! (WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF DAPHNE ON THE MOBILE BAY. (NOT ON THE GULF)
THE RAILROAD BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1870. WOODEN PILINGS WERE CHANGED EVERY NINE MONTHS BECAUSE THE MARINE WORMS WOULD EAT THE WOOD. THIS WAS BEFORE CREOSOTE WAS INVENTED.