Vignettes - Etcetera

PROGRESS OF STEAMBOATING   Every year has seen some new steamboat constructed which surpasses in size, magnificence, or speed, those previously made.  There is no doubt that the mechanics of this country excel those of any other in their inland steamboats — let us hope that in a few years the same can be said… (read more)

Hancock county and Jackson were the only two large counties which comprised the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1817 when Mississippi became a state at  the First Session, First General Assembly (1817-1818). The great Seal of Mississippi was adopted and is described in the Laws of the State as follows:  “The seal of the state, the… (read more)

“I never thought I would miss the sound of the trains passing through the Bay. When I first moved back to Bay St. Louis, we lived right across from the depot. The first night we were awakened not only by the wailing of the train, but by the sound of my pictures falling from the… (read more)