Browsing: History

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s been coming to Lucedale since the town’s early days of existence!

Patriotism is expected to be bountiful Friday as Pascagoula celebrates its designation as a World War II Heritage City.

Community service was the central theme of the “Hanging of the Ropes” ceremony that marked the completion of the post and rope fence at Sawmill Landing Park on Saturday, November 4th.

Pascagoula has been named a World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service, the only city in Mississippi so recognized, and one of only nineteen such cities in the nation.

Last December a special wreath-laying ceremony took place at Magnolia Cemetery on Mill Street in Lucedale. Another such event is planned this year and the number of wreaths could surpass the number laid last year.

n 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Mississippi to go on a bear hunt, Sharkey County, to be exact. The precise location of the hunt is unknown, although history agrees that it was somewhere in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

However, what is known is that President Roosevelt’s hunt resulted in the birth of one of America’s most beloved childhood toys, the Teddy Bear and Rolling Fork, which is where it all began.

Presented by the Jackson County Historical and Genealogical Society City of Pascagoula Preservation Commission and the LaPointe-Krebs Foundation, The 17th Annual Historic Cemetery Tour will take place at Krebs Cemetery, 4602 Fort Street, Pascagoula, on Thursday, October 26, 5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.

“Darkest Before the Light,” a rare opportunity to view Fort Massachusetts by candlelight, was staged by the Gulf Islands National…

Mississippi Gridiron Cathedrals (love the title), by Nash Nunnery, takes us on a journey around the state to view and reminisce about 47 legendary high school football stadiums in Mississippi.

If you live in Pascagoula, chances are good that you’ve heard the term “bar pilot.” And the chances are even better that you have no idea what a bar pilot is.

Spooky season is upon us. Whether or not this is your favorite time of the year, there is no denying that some pretty scary things have occurred right here in Mississippi. 

The grave of little Florence Irene Ford is one of the strangest graves anyone has ever seen, and above all else, it is a stark display of the never-ending love a mother has for her child.

It’s fair time! For George County, the big event starts Tues. Oct. 10 and closes Sat., Oct. 14. How about a little county fair history?

The LaPointe Krebs House in Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded the highest distinction from the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) –The Best of the South (BOTS) Preserving Southern Excellence Award for 2023.

A scholarship established by a University of Mississippi alumna and her family is helping ease the burden for pharmacy students from rural areas while also strengthening health care options for rural Mississippians.

The Eugene B. Polk Pharmacy Scholarship, created by Gary and Susan Cantrell, already has helped its first recipient, Simpson County native Stephen Rayborn, through the professional program at the School of Pharmacy.

Happy 60th anniversary to the local chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the America Revolution!

Lucedale’s Declaration of Independence Chapter was formed in 1963. Its members have verified and documented their heritage to a revolutionary patriot or person who assisted in the effort for the American Colonies to declare freedom from Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.