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Biloxi Natchez Tupelo

Photos of Biloxi, Mississippi

(Ba-Luck-Sea)

taken as part of an

ELDERHOSTEL program

October 1998

 

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Welcome to the State

 

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Our Host
Seashore United Methodist Assembly

 

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Our housing

 

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We were on the beach
(beautiful Live Oak trees)

More Photos of the Shoreline

 

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We learned about Gulf Coast Archaeology

 

the seafood industry in Mississippi Sound

 

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and how to get oysters from the Mississippi sound

 

nets used for fishing

More Photos of the Mississippi Sound

 

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we visited "Beauvoir" the last home of
Jefferson Davis

More Photos of Beauvoir

 

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his pew at the
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

 

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and saw the last days of the Confederacy

 

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the Biloxi Lighthouse
built in 1848 of cast iron

 

 

Other Photos of the Mississippi Gulf Coast

 

boarded the boat

 

raised the sails

 

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we went sailing on the Biloxi Schooner
"Glenn L. Swetman"

 

and viewed Mississippi Sound

More Photos of Mississippi Sound

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George Ohr "The Mad Potter"

 

 

 

 

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Homes of Biloxi

 

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and viewed many
Antebellum Homes

More Photos of the Homes

 

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nearby was the town of
Kiln, Mississippi
of interest to Wisconsin "Green Bay Packer" fans

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