St. Augustine’s Seminary
Founded 1920 in Greenville, Miss., by Divine Word Missionaries. Moved to Bay St. Louis, 1923. Oldest existing Catholic seminary in Miss. for training of young men as missionary brothers & priests.
- mississippi
- catholic
- school
First Baptist Church of Bay St. Louis
First established as the Elim Baptist Church in 1858, this congregation was dissolved in 1877 and revitalized in April 1896 as First Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. O.D. Bowen....
- mississippi
- church
- religion
Our Lady of the Gulf
Established 1847 by Bishop J.J. Chanche, S.S., first Bishop of Natchez. Mother church of Hancock County, third oldest Catholic parish on the Gulf Coast and fifth oldest in Mississippi.
- mississippi
- catholic
- parish
St. Joseph's Academy
On January 7, 1855, a Catholic parochial school was established on this site by the Sisters of St. Joseph who came to Bay St. Louis from Bourg, France at the request of Reverend Louis...
- mississippi
- catholic
- school
- education
Hancock County Bank
Hancock County Bank opened on October 9, 1899. Weeks later the bank's board of directors purchased this property at the corner of Main Street and South Beach as the site of a new headquarters. Bay...
- mississippi
- commerce
St. Stanislaus College
Founded 1854, by Brothers of the Sacred Heart. Oldest institution of learning on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. On Beach Boulevard, facing the Gulf, the school became college preparatory in 1923.
- mississippi
- education
- catholic
The "Pirate House"
According to local tradition, the "Pirate House," located here, was built as early as 1802 and was frequented by famed pirate Jean Lafitte and his associates. Later remodeled as a Greek...
- mississippi
- jean lafitte
- hurricane camille
- 1969
Old Spanish Customs House
On this site stood the "Spanish Customs House," perhaps the oldest structure in Bay St. Louis. The house is believed to have been built by French colonist Hyacinth Caron in 1787. The date...
- mississippi
- historic house
- hurricane katrina
- disaster
Commemoration of Sisters Buried Here
The Sisters of St. Joseph taught here for 38 years. Fifty three different Sisters worked here. Three of them are buried in this cemetery. We are unable to identify the precise spot of...
- louisiana ce...
Benjamin Paul
Chief Benjamin Paul was one of the last persons to speak the Chitimacha language. Shortly after his death the language died although Doctor Benjamin Swadesh of Yale University attempted to...
- louisiana
- chitimacha
- native american
Chitimacha Villages
At one time there were twelve to fifteen separate Chitimacha villages in the Atchafalaya Basin and surrounding area. They stretched from Charenton to Donaldsonville and up north to just east of...
- louisiana
- native americans
- chitimacha
Salmen Lodge - Circa 1830
Affectionately called Salmen Lodge by the Scouts, this French Creole cottage was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 and is one of a few early structures preserved...
- louisiana
- settlers
Fritz Salmen
This Tabletis erected in memory ofFritz SalmenA pioneer industrialist whoin 1924 gave this land to be used as a Boy Scout camp siteDedicated to the development ofgood citizenship of American youth.
- louisiana
- camp
- boy scouts
History of Camp Salmen
The 130 acres of the Camp Salmen Nature Park were once part of the Salmen Brick and Lumber Company. Many bricks used to build New Orleans were manufactured on this site. The only...
- louisiana
- camp
- st. tammany parish
Infinity Eagle
It took technology for our natural occurring species to take wingsand leave the earth.This sculpture is yet another gift to the people of the Mississippi Coast fromrenowned artist Marlin Miller...
- mississippi
- astronaut
- nasa
Logtown Cemetery and Possum Walk
In the early 1900's, there were 2,000-3,000 residents of Logtown. There was a two-story general store, company offices, homes built in rustic versions of the popular Queen Anne style, a public...
- mississippi
- village
Tsunami Buoy
In 1995, NOAA began the development of the Deep- ocean Assessment and Detection of Tsunami (DART) system to provide better warnings for tsunami- prone communities. Until 2004, the U.S. operated...
- mississippi
Tao Buoy
NOAA completed the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array for the detection of El Niño and La Niña in the Pacific Ocean in 1994 after 10 years of development in which NOAA deployed 400 buoys on...
- mississippi
- noaa
Special Operations Craft Riverine (SOC-R)
The SOC-R is designed as a high speed boat with ample weapons and equipment capacity. Its primary mission is insertion/extraction of SEALs into a low-to-medium threat environment in a...
- mississippi
H-1 Rocket Engine
Developed by Rocketdyne, the H-1 rocket engine burned liquid oxygen and propellant RP-1, a kerosene derivative. A cluster of eight H-1 engines powered the Saturn S-1B rocket's first stage,...
- mississippi
- nasa
- rockets