Mississippi City, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1891
Mississippi City, the seat of justice of Harrison County, is located on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad near the Mississippi sound, and has a population
of three hundred. This city; Biloxi, population two thousand; Pass Christian,
population one thousand; Handsboro, population six hundred and ten, and Beauvoir
are dotted along the coast, with ample hotel accommodations at Mississippi City,
Pass Christian, Biloxi and Handsboro, which are frequented the year round by
visitors from north, east and west as well as by thousands of Mississippians.
Beauvoir is noted as having been long, and until his death, the residence of
Hon. Jefferson Davis. Handsboro is the seat of Gulf Coast College. Stonewall,
Long Beach and De Lisle are flourishing towns in this county.
Public schools are maintained throughout the county for a term of four and five
months during each year, and in Pass Christian and Biloxi for eight months. The
Catholic churches of Pass Christian and Biloxi are in the lead in Mississippi,
next is the Episcopalian, next the Methodist, next the Presbyterian, and then
the Baptist.
The leading industries are the planting of oysters, canning of the oysters and
vegetables, milling and truck farming.
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Source: Biographical and Historical Memories of Mississippi, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891
