 bridges and ferries bridges and ferries ray tue 8162011 821 2012 point cadet fishing bridge image made april 20 2012 after hurricane katrina destroyed what remained of the 1930 biloxi bay war memorial bridge which had been used as a fishing bridge since the fourlane 1962 biloxi bay bridge had been completed in the fall of 2011 construction crews began clearing the concrete wreckage of the old fishing pier but left the original piers as the foundation of a new fishing bridge the point cadet fishing pier was dedicated on april 30th  mayor holloway recommended that the new facility be named in honor of nicholas corky hire b 1922 a local fisherman of croatian ancestry the sun herald april 30 2013 a3 and may 1 2013 p a2  references    the sun herald     april 2013 p a the sun herald     may 2013 p a  back bay  ferry system and 1901 and 1927 and 1975 back bay bridges  with notes on cedar lake and biloxi river bridges  as one can document from the public records of harrison county mississippi and journals of the period 18431901 there was a public ferry system operating from biloxi to the village of back bay d iberville as early as 1843 this ferry system probably operated intermittently through the years and terminated in 1901 with the completion of a wooden bridge across the back bay of biloxi no physical description of the ferry or ferries can be found in the literature nor have any photographs been discovered to provide a visual concept of their form it is known that they were apparently large enough to transport people carriages wagons and animals the mode of ferry locomotion in the early days is unclear but one might assume that manual poling or pulling of the vessel through the shallow waters of back bay was the primary method nap cassibry in echos from the past presents the mississippi legislative act chapter lxxxvii of 1866 to establish a steam ferry across the back bay of biloxi dudley andrews 18951982 in an oral history given to murella powell on june 24 1981 in biloxi was asked some questions about crossing back bay this dialogue follows  how did you get across the bay  in boats you see we all had little skiffs with sails i got one out there i built and not long ago just to show a fella how they looked and how you skull a boat you see instead of rowing with two oars we take one big oar and put it in a socket in the back and we had a twist that was like a propeller and you d go faster that way than you would pulling with two and you could stand up and see where you were going and you could skull across the bay in no time and when you hit the beach throw the anchor out pull the oar in and go do your business come back and everything was there nobody would steal it and you d skull back home what about when they was there any kind of ferry or anything  yes they had a ferry they ran the ferry from lameuse street to about where that end of the marsh is where the old bridge used to land on the other side and they d pull it across you see you had to pull it and it would slide through they could take a horse and buggy and a few people but that didn t operate too long they built the bridge and the bridge was an old time one and it was narrow and it was noisy at night it kept everyone awake so then somebody devised the idea that if they laid the planks on an angle it would rattle the ends of the boards that way and so that was a big improvement when they laid the second deck you could go to sleep at night other wise you d hear every horse and buggy on that thing bambambam all night but that all happened in my time the bridge building the end of the ferry and stuff like that did the ferry have a name   i don t know  the earliest indication of the back bay ferry is found in the minutes of the board of police of harrison county  book 1 p 42 at its regular meeting on august 7 1843 it was ordered by the board  that there be and there is hereby established a public ferry in the rear of the village of biloxi across the back bay of biloxi to start from the end of the road commonly called lameuse road on the property now owned by william c seaman esquire and to cross the said back bay in the most direct and convenient ways and the said wc seaman esq on his entering into a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars conditional according to law shall have the right to charge the following rate of ferriage and no more to wit     for foot passengers 25 cents  for man and horse 50 cents  for one horse cart 75 cents  for a two horse carriage 1 dollar  for neat cattle 12 12 cents each  for hogs or sheep 6 14 cents each   william c seaman william christopher seaman 18011844 was a native of new york and settled in jackson county mississippi about 1819 he reared a family in northwest jackson county with his wife catherine sheffield seaman was very active in local and state government he served as justice of the peace 182224 was elected to the mississippi state legislature 1827 and was chosen a delegate from jackson county to the mississippiconstitutional convention 1832 he was president of the board of police in jackson county 18411842 the seaman family moved to biloxi about 1842 and settled on the south shore of back bay on land purchased from rene lameuse 17881883 in october 1841 he became clerk of court for harrison county while residing on lameuse road and bay view avenue he saw the need and opportunity for a ferry across the back bay of biloxi unfortunately wc seaman died on november 23 1844 john steele there was a hiatus of twenty two years until the back bay ferry is mentioned in the historical record the occasion came as an application from john steele an irish immigrant and widower who married sarah wells herself a widow of james dowdle john steele s fatherinlaw berry wells had moved to mississippi from his birth state kentucky about 1837 with his family the wells family settled in sec tion 5 t7sr9w on the tchoutacabuffa river berry wells operated a ferry on that river and later moved to back bay where he leased in 1857 the foretich store john baptiste foretich 18131875 had married his daughter rebecca wells in 1855 at its february 1866 term the board of police of harrison county recorded in its minute book number 2 page 201 the following  john steele having this day applied to the board of county police to have a public ferry established across the back bay of biloxi where the public road crosses the same landing from the town of biloxi to red creek and elsewhere it is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the board of county police that a public ferry be and the same is hereby established across the bay of biloxi at the place known as the back bay ferry and it appearing to the satisfaction of the board that the said john steele is the owner of the soil on the northern shore of said back bay at one of the points where the boats or other water craft will land it is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the board that the said john steele his heirs and assigns have the exclusive privilege of said ferry so established on the back bay of biloxi for the space of one half mile east and west of his residence on the northern bank of the back bay and one half east and west on the south side of said bay from where the lameuse street touches said bay for and during the period of ten years from this day it is further ordered by the said board that the said john steele his heirs or assigns shall within three months from this day provide and keep good and sufficient boats flats or other water crafts proper and necessary for the use of said ferry and the convenience of travelers it is further ordered that the said john steele give bond in the final sum of one thousand dollars with two good securities conditions as required by law to the satisfaction of said board written three months from this day and that the said john steele his heirs and assigns shall receive the rates of toll to be paid hereafter by the  board of county police at its june term 1866 the board of county police approved the bond and securities filed by john steele as directed by the board at its february 1866 term book 2 p 204 during this term the board also established ferriage rates across the back bay of biloxi recorded in book 2 p 205 of the minutes of the board of county police these ferriage rates are as follows   for foot passengers 20 cents  for man and horse 75 cents  for horse and cart 1 dollar  for horse and carriage 1 dollar 50 cents  for two horses and wagon 2 dollars  for four horses and wagon 3 dollars  for cattle per head single 1 dollar  for cattle per head drive 40 cents  for sheep per head drive 25 cents   james fewell two events occurred after john steele was granted his ferry rights to operate on back bay by the board of county police the first was an act passed by the mississippi state legislature on october 24 1866 chapter lxxxvii it authorized james fewell to operate a steam ferry boat across the back bay of biloxi james fewell was a virginian millwright who settled in handsboro about 1855 he served as mayor of biloxi during the civil war chapter lxxxvii read as follows an act to authorize james fewell to establish a steam ferry across the back bay of biloxi in harrison county section 1  be it enacted by the legislature of the state of mississippi that the said james fewell his administrators and assigns be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to erect build and put into operation a good and substantial steam ferry boat to be used and run across the back bay of biloxi at or near a point known as the back bay ferry section 2  be it further enacted that the said james fewell his administrators and assigns shall commence and complete said steam ferry within three years from the passage of this act and shall build the same of substantial materials with good sound boilers engine and machinery and of sufficient size to accommodate the traveling community with secure railing all round section 3  be it further enacted that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whomsoever except james fewell his executors administrators or assigns to build erect or put up any steam ferry boat for the purpose of landing or shipping freight or passengers goods wares or merchandise horses carriages cattle carts wagons or any thing else within that portion of the back bay extending from the mouth of bernard s bayou known as cranes s neck from thence down said bay to point caddy and from thence to biloxi to which extent the exclusive privilege of building and erecting of a steams ferry boat is hereby granted to james fewell his administrators executors or assigns for the space of twenty years from the passage of this act section 4  be it further enacted that any person or persons in violation of this act shall build erect and put up any steam ferry boat within the limits herein mentioned for the purpose of landing or receiving passengers or freight of any kind or description shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every offense to the said james fewell his heirs or assigns recoverable before any court having competent jurisdiction and in addition to such recovery as foresaid the person or persons liable to said james fewell his administrators executors or assigns in an action for damages section 5  be it further enacted that the said james fewell his administrators or executors or assigns shall receive such rates of ferriage as shall be fixed from time to time by the mayor and selectmen of the town of biloxi and should he demand and receive more than the rates fixed by said mayor and selectmen as foresaid he shall be liable to the person or persons so charged in an action of damages before any court having cometent jurisdiction section 6  be it further enacted that this act shall not be so construed as to interfere with the charter granted to john steel by the board of police of said county and that all acts or parts which may come in conflict with this act be and the same is hereby repealed and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage approved october 30 1866  ramon quave the second event was an instrument between john steele and ramon quave which is undated the contents follow  the state of mississippi  harrison county i john steel of the county and state aforesaid do hereby acknowledge that for a valuable consideration i have this day transferred sold conveyed and delivered to raymond quave all of my right title and interest assigned to the ferry known as john steels ferry and hereby said quave is hereby clothed with all the rights and priviledges granted to me by the board of police of said county under the written charter  john steel this document was provided to the archives of the biloxi public library by wallace quave the great grandson of pierre quave 18331864 pierre quave operated a dry goods store on back bay from 18571862 he closed the store on april 12 1862 to join the confederate army during the civil war pierre quave died at mobile during that war his son ramon quave 18521908 after the death of his father in 1862 was thrust into the position of supporting his widowed mother and siblings his obtaining the position of ferryman enabled the quave family to survive and prosper for ramon quave it was the birth of an entrepreneurial career he went on become a ship carpenter shipyard owner merchant sheep rancher and large land owner at back bay and seymour as it was later called in his obituary of october 3 1908 it is suggested that ramon quave be called the father of the village of seymour d iberville because of his friendship and benevolence to that community from the journal of the pierre quave store also provided to the library archives by wallace quave there are several entries relating to ferriage across the back bay of biloxi they are as follows  1860  each person crossing ferry both ways 30 cents 1861  one cart crossing ferry 50 cents  one horse crossing ferry 50 cents  one person crossing ferry 15 cents   1862   one man crossing ferry 30 cents  one head of beef crossing ferry 50 cents  one head of sheep crossing ferry 35 cents  ferrage two horses 1 dollar  six head of beef ferrage 3 dollars  one horse ferrage 50 cents  two horses ferrage 1 dollar it would appear that prior to john steele obtaining a ferry charter from the board of county police 1866 pierre quave was involved in the back bay ferry system also one could speculate that the steele ferry was a manual operation as the james fewell grant from the mississippi state legislature 1866 specified steam ferry boat on may 13 1868 john and sarah steele purchased a tract of land on back bay from the state of mississippi it is described from the deed records of harrison county as  the mill property consisting of 65 acres in section 18 t7sr9w this tract was two arpents fronting on the north side of the bay of biloxi by 35 arpents more or less in depth between parallel lines joseph moran to the west john l henley to the north and pierre quave to the east  harrison co ms land deed bk 11 p 95 this site became known as steele s landing john steele probably built a store here as he is listed as a retail grocer in the us census of 1870 from this information one might infer that ramon quave received his assignment for the ferry rights from john steele in 1868 in august 26 1871 the steeles sold their back bay property to henry peychaud of new orleans the same day they with robert delauney and jules saujon rented the land from peychaud with john l henley acting as his agent when peychaud died about 1886 his heirs could not make an equitable settlement of the property among themselves and a law suit resulted edward peychaud et al vs blanche dupre et al the probate court ordered the tract to be sold on december 23 1886 at public outcry by the sheriff florian seal at the court house door of harrison county to the highest bidder for cash casimir harvey bought this property on november 12 1887 at the site he built a home shipyard and operated a dry goods store and barroom the area was still called steele s landing as late as 1892 although john steele probably died before 1880 a reporter for the biloxi herald in the march 8 1890 issue of that paper commented  casimir harvey s store is the first place that one strikes when departing the ferry and it is one that everybody can feel at home at he carries a good stock of groceries and general merchandise as well as aship chandlery casimir has a tamed wild goose and it is a beauty for its kind this webfooted customer follows cass around like a dog and when cass is annoyed too much with its company he says go home  and don t make a goose of yourself the goose goes wl covel in january 1890 wl covel 18371926 a native of new york and a resident of biloxi since 1886 applied for and was granted a ferry license from the board of county police mr covel was a civil engineer real estate developer and landlord in biloxi at its special november term 1890 the harrison county board of police ordered  that the ferry license granted to wl covel on the 7th day of january 1890 for the ferry on back bay of biloxi for five years be and is hereby extended for the term of ten years from said 7th day of january1890 it is further ordered that the rates of toll to be charged on said public ferry so licensed are hereby fixed as follows to wit    for foot passengers 10 cents each  for one horse vehicle 25 cents each  for two horse vehicle 40 cents  for four horses or oxen to wagon 60 cents  for horses or cattle in droves 12 cents each  for sheep or hogs in droves 5 cents each  minute book 4 p 70 the back bay ferry which ran in the early 1890s was called the jennie  and was a steam tug an advertisement in the biloxi herald of april 12 1890 said  the steamer jennie  captain goudrau leaves daily every hour from 7 o clock am to 5 o clock pm from the foot of reynoir street to back bay fare 5 cents the jennie was described as a fast little craft with excellent accommodations and makes the trip across the bay in excellent time unfortunately the october hurricane of 1893 saw the demise of the jennie  the daily picayune of october 1 1893 reported that it went adrift and sank during the fierce storm a steam ferry the sam  probably replaced the lost jennie  at its november term 1891 the board of county police recorded the following in book 4 page 159 of its minutes  on reading and filing the petition of the biloxi back bay ferry and bridge company endorsed by citizens of this county for license and authority to establish a steam ferry for public use at a point designated in said petition to wit across the back bay of biloxi between the foot of reynoir street on the south side of said bay and quave s landing on the north side and it appearing that the owners of the soil of said landings assent to said petition it is therefore hereby ordered that said biloxi back bay ferry and bridge company be and is hereby authorized and a license is hereby granted to said company to establish and keep a steam ferry between the points designated for and during the term ten years from this day on said company entering into bond in the sum of five hundred dollars conditioned as required by law said bond to be approved by the clerk of this board it is further ordered that the following rates of toll to be charged on said ferry and are hereby fixed as follows to wit   footman one way 10 cents   footman round trip 15 cents  man and horse one way 20 cents  one horse and four wheel carriage and driver 30 cents  one horse and two wheel cart with driver 30 cents  two horses or oxen vehicle with driver 50 cents  horses in droves of five and upwards 20 cents each  horses in droves less than five 25 cents each  cattle in droves of five and upwards 20 cents each  cattle in droves of less than five 25 cents each  sheep goats calves or hogs in droves of ten or more 5 cents each  sheep goats calves and hogs in droves less than ten head 7 12 cents each near the termination years of the 19th century mention of the back bay ferry in the biloxi herald is sporadic the following articles were taken from this journal  december 2 1893 casimir harvey s new ferry boat the shrimp has made its first trip the rope or skiff ferry has changed hands captain ed richards now handles the oars p 1  july 1896  the ferryboat sam  which was badly damaged by fire several months ago has been completely repaired and put in firstclass condition and will resume the ferry service on back bay early next week the will be in charge of the same old crew with capt young in command  p 8  march 20 1897   owing to a lack of patronage the ferry boat that plied between back bay biloxi and north back bay has been taken off this will be a serious inconvenience to those who have been accustomed to use this route what is really wanted is a bridge and the quicker our people take hold of this matter the better it will be for the interests of biloxi  p 8  july 10 1897 we the undersigned members of the family of captain james smith young take this method of returning our heart felt thanks to captain sam shaw of the ferry boat sam  for kindness extended in our late bereavement and especially for the use of the ferry free of charge for conveying the body across the bay captain fritz abbley mrs sara r abbley eliza holley wilhemena fountain euginios seymour louisa stiglets and william young  p 8 captain sam shaw 18611904 was born in palmer massachusetts his father was aj shaw 18301866 also from palmer aj shaw married angeline wells 1840 in 1858 she was a daughter of river ferryman berry wells they appear to have spent the civil war years at palmer massachusetts in 1893 sam shaw was a dealer in groceries feed hardware tinware and tobacco at his store at back bay the steam ferryboat sam was probably named for sam shaw at the time of his death he was in the livery business in biloxi which was also his residence october 14 1898 the back bay ferry boat will make regular trips next sunday as an experiment and if business justifies the service will be continued regularly hereafter  p 8  november 12 1898 the steamer sam is now being run across back bay at regular intervals of half an hour commencing at 7 o clock in the morning and running until five in the evening on sunday the regular schedule will be made and you can cross and recross with the greatest ease and comfort it is a great convenience as the people across the bay can come to biloxi and find a good market for their produce while our townspeople can enjoy a pleasant trip across the bay on business or pleasure bent the ferry enterprise should be encouraged by all as it fosters trade relations with neighbors across the bay that are mutually valuable to both them and us  p 3  october 10 1899 the steam ferry boat  sam  will until further notice make regular trips across back bay on tuesday thursday saturday and sunday with captain william young in command and james eckston engineer  p 8 captain william young 18491911 was the son of james smith young 18181897 a native of cape may new jersey james smith young was a mariner and owner of the schooner  adelia  out of back bay william young owned the greenwood pavilion the social center of the back bay community his wife was mary quave 18541928 affectionately called aunt sissy she was the sister of ramon quave mary quave is an integral part of the history of back bay as she served the area as a midwife country doctor and postmaster of seymour october 31 1899 the ferry boat sam  will make regular trips wednesday and saturday for the accomodation of persons wishing to visit the cemetery but will not run on sundays until further notice  p 8 during its fiftyeight years of existence the back bay public ferry system served well the citizens of both sides of the bay it provided an aqueous path for travel and was an artery for the exchange of ideas produce goods and supplies between two developing communities  references  nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi historical and genealogical societyspecial issue 5 november 1986 p 82 nap l cassibry ii echos from the past chapter lxxxvii session law of the state of mississippi for 1866 brother jerome lepre  gulf coast genealogythe santa cruz family    lepre new orleans1990 p 73 the history of jackson county mississippi  lewis printing service pascagoula mississippi lewis printing service1989 pp 343344 the pierre quave store journal  18571862 biloxi public library archives murella hebert powell historian land and deed records of harrison county mississippi harrison county chancery clerk s officegulfport mississippi  the biloxi herald   back bay items   december 2 1893 the biloxi daily herald    a bridge needed   july 23 1898 p 1 the biloxi daily herald   city news  january 6 1901  the biloxi daily herald   city news  january 10 1901 us census records 18401880  1901 back bay bridge   wooden the biloxi and back bay bridge company was chartered on june 2nd harrison co ms charter bk 2 p 186  the biloxi daily herald    a bridge needed   july 23 1898 p 1 the bridge company has driven a row of temporary pilings across back bay in preparation to building the substructure for the new span  the biloxi daily herald january 6 1901  mr  lionel s  leversedge   18531918 of the missouri bridge and iron company contractor of the back bay bridge is in biloxi to facilitate and accelerate the construction of the new span  the biloxi daily herald january 10 1901 p 8   lionel s leversedge was born in england he was a civil engineer and in 1910 was living at fort worth texas with mable 18701936 also english and his second wife thy married circa 1909 mr leversedge was proprietor of the leversedge bridge and iron works at fort worth when he declared voluntary bankruptcy in federal court he listed liabilities at 13958 and assets of 8200 the family moved to dallas texas in 1916 and lionel passed here in october 1918 he had built the jennings avenue viaduct and the 7th street bridge at fort worth mabel a registered nurse relocated to austin texas and she died here on may 4 1936 on july 31 1901 the bridge committee of the city of biloxi consisting of percy l elmer james b chinn and ed glennan examined the back bay bridge structure and found the workmanship of the missouri valley bridge and iron company very excellent they recommended to mayor swetman that the bridge be accepted the formal opening of the bridge was august 3 1901 and marked the termination of the public ferry system across the back bay of biloxi  the biloxi daily herald july 1901 p 8  on august 1 1901 bridge accepted by biloxi city council  but will not be delivered until paid for   the biloxi daily herald august 1 1901 p 1  references  the biloxi daily herald    a bridge needed   july 23 1898 p 1 the biloxi daily herald    deep water and a bridge   january 17 1899 p 8 the fort worth startelegram   leversedge files bankruptcy petition   may 25 1913 the fort worth startelegram   jennings avenue viaduct builder is dead   october 26 1918  lamey s bridge 1907 road to back bay henry krohn road overseer commenced construction of a new road from the tchoutacabouffa river to back bay in september  the daily herald september 22 1907 and september 22 1947 p 1    references    the daily herald  september 22 1907 the daily herald   40 years ago  september 22 1947  1908 cedar lake bridge  see the daily herald   tchouticabouffa bridge contract   may 13 1908  1912 biloxi river bridge the harrison county board of supervisors  ordered that a bridge be built built over the biloxi  river at the lorraine ferry   the daily herald february 9 1912 p 1   1927 back bridge  contract let in august 1925 326000 to am blodgett inc see the jackson county times   contract let for back bay bridge    august 8 1925  the jackson county times   biloxi bridge well underway   october 24 1925 p 1 dedicated on january 12 1927  see the daily herald   mammoth celebration to mark bridge completion   december 30 1926 p 1  mayor william a dever of chicago to speak at biloxi bridge celebration   the daily herald january 6 1927 p 1   i110 back bay bridge   the daily herald  back bay  bridge  moves nearer with latest contract   august 13 1972 p e9 dedicated june 22 1975  see the daily herald june 26 1975 p 1   popp s ferry bridge has there been a more negative news dominating watertransecting artery on the mississippi gulf coast in the past decade as the popp s ferry bridge and causeway which spans the upper reaches of biloxi s back bay i think not until west biloxi began to show signs of growth and development in the 1960s the popp s ferry bridge was little more than a remote and rural link to the outback of scattered homesteads fish camps and pecan orchards west of north biloxi d iberville and cedar lake the development of the sunkist country club in 1953 and the continued growth of kafb at biloxi probably were the greatest catalysts in promoting long term real estate growth in the area popp s ferry was a private enterprise from its inception until it was acquired by harrison county mississippi in february 1916 the ferry transported people livestock and vehicles across seven hundred feet of open water from an unimproved public road which lead north of pass christian road now called pass road from here one had to traverse on an unimproved road through marshy terrain for about three thousand feet to what was called the nick holley s cutoff and or nick holley s bridge a slough or bayou of about fifty to one hundred feet in width which was spanned by a wooden bridge in later times the span across nick holley s cutoff became known as the burnt the traverse across the back bay of biloxi at popp s ferry usgs 15 topographic map biloxi 1954 photo revised 1970 and 1976 present day popp s ferry is a neighborhood and road situated in west biloxi harrison county mississippi in section 15 and claim section 37 t7sr10w the neighborhood is a west striking peninsula bounded on the north by the tchoutacabouffa river on the west by the tchoutacabouffa river and biloxi river on the south by big lake a large body of water at the head of the back bay of biloxi and at the confluence of bayou bernard the biloxi river and the tchoutacabouffa river and on the east by popp s ferry road and riverview drive within this 450acres there are many land subdivisions barrett 1949 ancient oaks 1966 sunkist manor 1966 onthegreen 1985 north country club estates 1986 lopez point 1986 greenleaf 1987 beau chenes estates 1999 and the sunkist country club a golf course and social organization which was founded in 1953 elevations in the popp s ferry section range from sea level to twentyfeet above mean sea level  popp s ferry and calvin taylor popp s ferry was named for john f popp 18351918 a danish immigrant and retired lumber merchant from new orleans who lived nearby in retirement and operated a late 19 th century ferry landing on the bridge one then had another three hundred feet of unimproved road through marshy terrain until dry land and another unimproved public road was met which completed upper reaches of the back bay of biloxi there is some degree of certitude that this ferry landing was commenced much earlier by calvin taylor 18061883 calvin taylor a native of hinsdale new hampshire was a saw mill proprietor and domiciled at handsboro harrison county mississippi he operated saw mills on bayou bernard and the back bay of biloxi in september 1859 mr taylor joined with gordon meyers 18271859 a native of new york and acquired a sawmill from michael laughter 18161859 for 1350 on the south side of biloxi bay described as  commencing at a point on the south side of the biloxi bay in the center of fractional section 23 t7srl0w that is a point equally distant from the east and west lines of said section 23 thence running due south 70 rod 1155 feet thence west 56 rod and 9 feet 933 feet thence due north to biloxi bay thence eastward with the bay shore to the place of beginning and containing twenty acres more or less together with the steam mill sawmill thereon and all the engines and machinery in the also all the buildings and improvements  harrison county mississippi land deed book 9 p 32 calvin taylor had relocated from new england to yazoo county mississippi in 1826 by 1845 he had settled at buena vista handsboro and formed a partnership with gordon davis also from new england their small steam sawmill on bayou bernard was unprofitable due to the over production of lumber and deals for their primary market new orleans the business failed about 1852 when taylor joined gordon myers in about 1854 one of their first acquisitions was a planning mill at bayou bernard this purchase gave them an important advantage over other mills in that dressed lumber brought a better price than rough lumber finished lumber also weighed less and therefore was less expensive to ship to market in addition to the laughter mill taylor myers purchased part of the samuel fowler 18101858 property which consisted of five negro slaves a saw and a planning mill this acquisition made them the largest lumber producer in harrison county in 1860 taylor myers had a gross income of 48000 they employed twentyfive workers in mill functions turning out 3000000 board feet of rough lumber and 1700000 board feet of finished lumber hickman 1962 pp 3439  taylor s ferry in june 1883 john f popp acquired from calvin taylor for 200 a small tract of land on the south shore of the back bay of biloxi in section 22 and section 27 t7sr10w this land deed implied that calvin taylor had a ferry landing on this lot harrison county mississippi land deed bk 19 p 471 the 1883 land conveyance from taylor to popp corroborates that taylor spopp s ferry was privately owned and not under the aegis of the harrison county board of supervisors until february 1916 it is interesting to note that even as early as the spring of 1914 after lamey s bridge on the tchouticabouffa river was completed for 6300 by the austin brothers of atlanta georgia popp s ferry was the only ferry operation in harrison county harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 12 p 207 and the daily herald march 23 1914 p 1  john f popp john f popp 18351918 was born in november 1835 in denmark he immigrated to america in 1856 and settled at st louis missouri john f popp came down the mississippi river to new orleans after the civil war here circa 1867 he met and married mary frances grant 18451910 she was born at pensacola florida the daughter of william m grant 18181870 a scotsman and frances grant 18231870 a native of pennsylvania william grant had arrived in new orleans circa 1847 and became a lumber merchant in the crescent city  the daily herald september 14 1918 p 3 and orleans parish louisiana federal census m593519 p 17 img 34 in 1865 john f popp became associated with mr grant as a lumber dealer and apparently took over the business after wm grant s demise mr popp s lumber enterprise consisted of a mill and lumber yard at the new basin and liberty street in the crescent city in the 1870s he was importing lumber and milled products via steamboat and schooner from florida and harrison and hancock county mississippi to his new basin operation mr popp retired a wealthy man to his west biloxi estate in 1895  the daily herald february 15 1915 p 1 and the new orleans times february 15 1876 p 2 and april 23 1878 p 2  popp s place in october 1878 john f popp acquired for 600 about twohundred acres in section 15 and claim section 37 of t7sr10w from the heirs of charles holley 18051857 and ursule fayard holley 18181860 charles m holley and mary e cooper holley elam r blackwell 18291896 and burissa t holley blackwell 18411899 david saucier and alice holley saucier george levy holley and malinda bounds holley and jane holley swetman and quitman thomas a swetman when william q swetman came of age in may 1879 he sold his interest in this tract to mr popp for 100 the oneacre holley family cemetery in the southwest corner of popp s land was excluded from this conveyance charles holley had acquired this 200acre tract from donald mcbean et ux in october 1850 harrison county mississippi land deed bk 16 p 389 bk 16 p 392 and bk 5 p 371  the holleys charles m holley 18051857 was a native of new york and made his livelihood as a sailor in 1850 his real estate in harrison county was valued at 2000 nicholas holley 18101870 his brother and also a new yorker was a neighbor and built wooden boats before the civil war nicholas holley had a personal estate of 900 and real estate valued at 8000 he acquired the 160acre stringer tract for 525 from joseph i stringer in december 1847 it was situated in section 15 t7sr10w 1850 and 1860 harrison co mississippi federal census m432 372 p 104 img 210 and m653581 img 454 and harrison county land deed bk 3 p 487  elam r blackwell family there is some degree of certitude that elam r blackwell 18291896 was the son of morris blackwell 17981860 and nancy blackwell 17931860 who were natives of south carolina and north carolina respectively elam s brothers may have been blackwell 18221850 a woodcutter and anderson h blackwell 18261850 a wood cutter in 1850 the blackwells were living in harrison county mississippi on the north side of the back bay of biloxi 1850 federal census harrison co mississippi m432372 p 107 img 216 and m432372 p 88 img 178 in april 1856 elam r blackwell married burissa t holley 18411899 the daughter of charles m holley 18051857 and ursule fayard 18201860 at harrison county mississippi their known children are albert gb blackwell 18581860 elam n blackwell 18591860 mary b minnie blackwell 18631885 m william t norton joseph blackwell 18671936 charles m blackwell 18671932 m missouri brasher 18621951 and katie lee blackwell 18721872 in january 1859 elam r blackwell for 4500 acquired about one hundred and thirtysix acres in section 15 and section 16 t7sr10w from robert c saffold 18231891 this tract had frontage on the tchoutacabouffa river and biloxi river and had been the site of the toomer mcguire sawmill between 1849 and 1852 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 5 p 241 bk 7 p 391 and bk 9 p 113 and bellande 1992 pp 3234 in july 1875 er blackwell had to jump into the tchoutacabouffa river near his home at mill point to rescue his young grand baby she had been seized by a alligator while in the arms of her mother the baby was saved with no physical harm  the star of pascagoula july 31 1875 p 3    sunkistholleyblackwell cemetery sunkistholleyblackwell cemeterywas founded on the banks of big lake in 1857 when the charles m holley 18051857 family occupied this area later called sunkist place this small family burial ground has survived vandalism abandonment and the ravages of nature on the former john f popp 18351918 estate today it has been incorporated into the landscape of the beau chenes estates subdivision image by ray l bellandeseptember 2008 sunkistholleyblackwell cemetery as previously stated when the heirs of charles m holley conveyed their land in section 15 and claim section 37 of t7sr10w to john f popp they retained oneacre in the southwest corner as the holley family burial ground charles m holley had died on may 21 1857 and was the first to be interred here on the high bluff overlooking big lake in the 1980s julia cook guice researched the holley family and cemetery in her report archived in a vertical file at the biloxi public library history and genealogy center the following is generally taken per se but some spelling and word phrasing were edited at the author s discretion comments mrs ashton virginia c barrett 19041997 owner of the adjacent property to the cemetery commented that she used to regularly see members of the blackwell family locally and from new orleans come out to the cemetery on sunday to maintain the area she also said that it has been more than a year since anyone has been to the cemetery the thick growth in the area confirms this according to mrs barrett youngsters using a tree overlooking the biloxi river nearby as a swing are responsible for much of the vandalism in the cemetery this includes perimeter fence and posts broken and uprooted gravesites used as picnic tables two headstones broken attempts to break into gravesites gravesite perimeter footing broken on several graves the possibility that one headstone is missing on one grave and the strong indication that an eight gravesite exists but unmarked description the holley cemetery is located about seventyfive feet from the banks of the biloxi river big lake the view from the cemetery is to the southwest with a panorama that includes the biloxi river back bay of biloxi big lake and the jack watson electrical power generating plant the area of the holley cemetery is rectangular in shape with the northsouth side measuring fiftyseven feet and the eastwest side measuring forty feet a fourfoot gate now destroyed opened into the cemetery and was situated near the southwest corner of the burial plot the area in and around the cemetery is thick with undergrowth an azalea bush near the center of the cemetery beautifies the area the two broken headstones can be repaired with a steel plate backing although several pieces will be missing from one of them  observations   charles m holley  18051857 was the first to be interred in this cemetery in may 1857 he was fiftyone years old when he died  er blackwell  18291896 was the patriarch of the blackwells buried here he was sixtyseven years of age at his demise and the fourth of his clan to be buried in the holley cemetery er blackwell was twelve years older than burissa t holley his spouse and preceded her in death by nearly 2 ½ years  burissa holley blackwell  18411899 was the last of blackwell family interred here she passed on january 13 1899 and was fiftyeight years old at her death  minnie blackwell norton  18631865  elam n blackwell  18591860 and katie lee blackwell  18721872 were three of the children of er blackwell and burissa t blackwell and all were interred in the holley cemetery there is a strong possibility that another gravesite exists between the graves of er blackwell and that of his wife burissa holley blackwell the humplike surface plus the unusual spacing separating the head of the blackwell family and his wife suggests this possibility as all the other gravesites are closely aligned with one another the unmarked gravesite slab and cement cap suggests that it was completed long after the others virginia anderson barrett was not positive of the date but she believed that someone was interred in the holley cemetery within the last two years recent developments  the present day sunkistholleyblackwell cemetery is located in lot 1 and a part of lot 2 of the beau chene estates subdivision at 2330 beau chene drive biloxi mississippi 39532 the area of this historic family cemetery has been reduced from its original size of oneacre to 5 acres with dimensions of 61 feet by 43 feet by 56 feet by 39 feet harrison co mississippi chancery court 2 nd jd land plat bk 15 p 50 the author began visiting the holley cemetery in 1992 when the ashton c barrett family was in possession of the burial ground and surrounding acreage at this time it was still hidden by underbrush small shrubs and trees with the passing of ashton c barrett 19011990 in november 1990 virginia anderson barrett 19041997 patricia b milam and ann b hancock his widow and daughters and owners of the ashton c barrett residuary trust began vending large residential lots in the immediate vicinity of the holley cemetery specifically in november 1996 these ladies sold jeffrey h o keefe john c griffith tom c harvey and the elderberry corporation four lots ranging in size from 307 acres to 483 acres harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 302 pp 162168  beau chene estates subdivision in july 1998 the beau chene estates subdivision a 19lot subdivision was platted by dana r parsons of stone investment company jeffrey o keefe john c griffith and tom c harvey this upscale development on big lake has very modern and large expensive homes as previously mentioned the holley cemetery is situated in lot 1 and a part of lot 2 of this development harrison co mississippi chancery court 2 nd jd land plat bk 15 p 50  un bon home et une bonne femme mr and mrs john f popp were very receptive to tourists visiting their beautiful home and grounds they were extremely charitable to their neighbors and other less fortunate in the region some examples of their generosity to the coast community follow in july 1904 john f popp gave the confederate veterans at beauvoir at milk cow when they were without one  the daily herald july 13 1904 p 5  before her death in 1910 mrs jf popp had donated funds to build an operating room in the charity hospital at biloxi this donation was to memorialize frances grant her mother the operating room opened for surgery in early august 1911  the daily herald august 8 1911 p 8  mrs jf popp was an annual contributor to the poor children s tree a toy and gift fund established by the daily herald to provide indigent children with christmas presents the charity would raise about 175 during its yule fund drive and distribute christmas joy to the poor on the city park near the l n depot  the daily herald december 23 1919 p 6  rural mail route in april 1908 biloxi postmaster james c tyler 18721910 announced that he and edgar s balthrope 18731939 had mapped a rural mail route covering about thirtyone miles to provide postal service to those families living north of the back bay of biloxi and in the tchoutacabouffa region they had traveled the area by horse and buggy to acquire signatures of these denizens  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1908 p 1  this proposed rural mail route was described as follows  the rural mail carrier starting from the biloxi post office will go west and leave the city by the pass christian road he will travel along this road to near what is known as the collin s place and will then turn south to the beach he will drive west along the beach past mr watson s and to beauvoir the beauvoir mail is now handled from gulfport the gulfport route coming up to that point but by previous agreement made with the gulfport postmaster and through senator money this is to belong to biloxi after delivering the beauvoir mail the carrier will start north along dahlgren avenue to the back bay he will cross back bay at popp s ferry and mr popp has promised that the crossing there will be at his expense shortly after crossing popp s the route turns to the northeast along a new road and strikes the tchouticabouffa  sic  at morris ferry  now cedar lake  or what is now the vinnie post office here again the crossing will be made by promise of mr morris without expense to the government from morris ferry the route proceeds west and then southwest along the new road to moccasin point from moccasin point the carrier will turn sharply back to the north to reed s store this will bring him near woolmarket whether he shall go to woolmarket or not has not been positively settled but the chances are that he will as the people of woolmarket are anxious to have a rural delivery from woolmarket the route proceeds east to campbell s cross roads from the southeast to john krohn s and then again northeast to the tchouticabouffa  sic  river which is crossed at lamey s ferry  now lamey s bridge   from there the route continues east past johnson s still and thence south to es balthrope s on the  big ridge road  ridge then west along the  big ridge road   ridge road to the new road down the new road to a point north of the jack farish place and then southeast to the village of seymour  now d iberville  and across the back bay bridge into biloxi the route is thirtyone miles in length the carrier will make the trip every day and be allowed eight hours in which to make it  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1908 p 1  popp controversy the proposed rural mail route to those areas north of biloxi s back bay was delayed when john f popp became entangled in an imbroglio with the biloxi postal officials over his mail delivery in his verbal agreement to provide free ferriage to the rural mail carrier he asked that his mail be delivered to the east gate of his property government officials related to postmaster tyler that biloxi carriers could only deliver popp s mail to a posting box placed where his private road joined the public road and denied his wish to have it posted at his east gate this stalemate ended with the postal service yielding to john f popp and rural mail delivery began across the back bay of biloxi in the summer of 1909  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1908 p 1 march 10 1909 p 2 april 30 1909 p 4 and july 26 1909 p 2  mrs popp expires mary frances grant popp became ill at her home on big lake and had to be moved for immediate medical treatment to the biloxi sanitarium of dr hyman m folkes 18711926 she died here on july 18 1910 in addition to john f popp she left two spinster sisters isabel grant 18471944 and rebecca grant 18531928 and william grant 18501910 her brother mrs popp s corporal remains were taken to new orleans for interment in the metairie cemetery  the daily herald july 19 1910 p 1  near the end of his occupation of his country estate john f popp had transformed his rural property into what was described   as located at a good elevation above the bay the grounds and building the most beautiful in southern mississippi   here he entertained and accepted visits from winter tourists who were motored by launch the twelve miles from biloxi mr popp presented the visiting ladies with bouquets of camellias or other blooming seasonal flowers upon their arrival  au revoir john f popp sold his biloxi estate  with love and affection  to his sister sinlaws isabel grant and rebecca grant in november 1910 they all returned to new orleans and resided at 3405 st charles avenue in november 1914 while in covington louisiana mr popp suffered a mild stroke which paralyzed his right side he recovered to wed his sisterinlaw rebecca grant 18531928 on february 23 1915 harrison county mississippi land deed bk 95 p 34 and the daily herald november 28 1914   and february 15 1915 p 1  john f popp died in the crescent city on september 13 1918 after his passing rebecca grant popp and isabel grant remained on st charles avenue rebecca grant popp expired at new orleans on february 1928 isabel grant 18471944 lived to the very old age of ninetyseven expiring in april 1944  the daily herald september 14 1918 p 1and  orleans parish louisiana 1920 and 1930 federal census t625623 p 4b ed 215 and r809 p 12a ed 202 the grant sisters had sold the old popp place for 20000 to george w haynes in october 1914 the conveyance included all improvements and all moveable or immoveable property furniture and furnishings harrison county mississippi land deed bk 109 p 295  popp s place popp s placesituated on a high bluff on the northeast shore of big lake a large body of water at the head of biloxi s back bay and the receptacle for the fresh waters of the biloxi river the tchoutacabouffa river and bayou bernard was first inhabited by the holley family john f popp 18351918 located here from new orleans in the late 1870s and built a large retirement home the popp family vended their estate to george w haynes 18851920 from tiptonville lake county tennessee during his occupation of the former jf popp estate mr haynes called it sunkist place an appellation that remained with the area until recent times when it became known simply as sunkist acquired from the golf course and country club recreational areafishing swimming and picnics the early settlers of the popp s ferry district soon discovered that the fishing along the margins of the marshes flanking big lake and the deep channel was exceptionally good here the brackish waters of biloxi s back bay met the fresh water of the tchouticabouffa river and bayou bernard and especially in the fall large catches of redfish and speckled sea trout are common perch bream shellcrackers and green trout small and large mouth bass as well as sheephead are always potentially at the end of a fisherman s wet line in the fecund waters in the spring of 1915 the use of seines or any other net was prohibited by the statutes of harrison county above popp s ferry in the biloxi river and tchouticabouffa river and tributaries cast nets were permitted in march april and may  the daily herald april 12 1915 p 1    fishing at popp s ferry in the 1950s  from the cc tex hamill down south magazine collection archived at mgccc perkinston mississippi courtesy of charles l sullivan professor emeritus and archivist at mgccc perkinston campus in the biloxi newspaper of the early 20 th century some of the fish catches and other outdoor activities reported at popp s ferry were as follows fishing solo in a skiff joseph saujon 18711945 caught seventyseven red fish at popp s ferry some of them weighed about ten pounds peter quave 18631936 also made large catches mr saujon sold his catch to people from biloxi  the daily herald may 13 1904 p 6   in late april 1912 charles w wachenfeld 18681936 manager of the tp dulion mercantile company of biloxi arranged for a picnic at the popp place aboard captain fisher s houseboat for this day outing were misses jennie ellen and stella gillen rose camille and elvira lizana annie and katie hannon amelia kennedy leona wells isabel brodie silvia gladys and jessie wachenfeld and the remainder of the store employees management and friends gus wachenfeld jack joachim henry thensted 18951950 louis lizana mr and mrs jc kennedy and mr and mrs cw wachenfeld  the daily herald april 29 1912 p 8   a fishing party at popp s ferry caught fifty specks one red several bass and sheephead a nearby boat hauled in nine reds  the daily herald october 17 1910 p 8  a fivefoot alligator was hit by the motorcar of fishermen as they approached the popp s ferry landing the reptile was in pursuit of several pigs when it was struck by the vehicle and escaped into the marsh  the daily herald july 26 1912 p 3   ed taylor and ag ospinach caught one hundred sixtysix fish in two days at popp s ferry they were primarily green trout and sheephead  the daily herald october 30 1914 p 6   tarpon are not only found in the biloxi channel where schools chasing mullet often leap from the water near the biloxi yacht club but are also seen in the waters of the back bay tchoutacabouffa river biloxi river and in the vicinity of popp s ferry captain alfred bosarge is known as the champion tarpon fisherman of the gulf coast  the daily herald september 3 1915 p 1   an observer in early november 1916 reported thirtyfour automobiles as well as many wagons and buggies that had transported eager anglers to the popp s ferry landing  the daily herald november 6 1916 p 4   shrimp are plentiful and good speckled trout and red fish catches are being made at popp s ferry and bayou bernard  the daily herald august 27 1918 p 4   the woodmen of the world planned a picnic on labor day for their eight to eighteen year old male auxiliary members  the daily herald august 26 1916 p 4   many families of biloxi prefer to swim in the brackish water at popp s ferry rather than the gulf the water there is also of sufficient depth for diving  the biloxi daily herald august 20 1918 p 3  popp s ferry fish camps joseph c jc delamarre 18551931 a former biloxi city marshal and ferry tender was probably the first to open a simple fish camp operation at popp s ferry he was here between 1919 and 1921 jc delamarre had been in the bar and restaurant business at biloxi he opened the white elephant on the corner of pass christian street now howard avenue and main street in april 1891 jc delamarre also had a local baseball squad called the white elephants his brother emile delamarre 1871circa 1893 called melo also had a team the sporting dudes melo challenged the white elephants to a friendly game of baseball in june 1892 melo was captain and catcher of his biloxi nine  the biloxi herald april 4 1891 p 4 and june 25 1892 p 4  jc delamarre married rosa m trahant 18671896 at new orleans in june 1887 she expired at their home on magnolia street in biloxi on february 29 1896 mr delamarre was city marshal at the time of her demise  the biloxi herald february 29 1896 p 1  after the death of his spouse jc delamarre wedded annie brewer coleman 18871930 from tylertown mississippi she had a son robert h coleman who resided in gulfport after his fish camp closed jc delamarre was employed at the great southern golf club in gulfport from 1921 to 1928 and was superintendent of the naval reserve park at biloxi until his retirement annie brewer coleman delamarre died at gulfport in late may 1930 jc delamarre expired on may 4 1931 and his corporal remains were interred in the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald may 31 1930 p 6 and may 5 1931 p 8  big lake fishing camp in 1928 w latimer was operating a fishing camp on big lake it was described as   under the beautiful moss covered tress with cool breezes big lake was one of the coolest and best fishing ground on the coast  the fourth of july was a popular time for visitors to come from as far as hattiesburg laurel and memphis to fish and picnic on the shore of big lake   the daily herald july 6 1928 p 8  by 1939 there were two fish camps at popp s ferry the popp s ferry fish camp was operating on the south side of back bay and east side of present day popp s ferry road which was gravelsurfaced at this time across the popp s ferry bridge on the north side of back bay was the hill top fishing camp mississippi gulf coast 1939 p 124  wicks s fishing camp in december 1938 eric e wickstrom 18981988 acquired an option and lease purchase agreement from edward l brady 18671939 spouse of erena lopez 18831940 on a fifteenacre tract southeast of sunkist place formerly popp s place the consideration was 100 and 1400 to purchase mrs brady was the sister of julius m lopez 18861958 who had acquired sunkist place in october 1925 for 80000 from marjorie raggio and mrs bj walker of new orleans harrison co mississippi land deed bk 153 p 509 edward l brady was a native of ohio and became a jeweler and retail merchant before arriving at biloxi after 1900 he had worked in the jewelry industry at memphis and newbern tennessee in march 1908 he opened a retail jewelry store at 415 howard avenue wc duncan of natchez mississippi was his associate  the biloxi daily herald march 11 1908 p 1 and 1900 federal census dyer co tennessee t   in june 1945 the wickstroms acquired this tract from jessie l lewis and julia l lewis here on the banks of big lake near the little popp s ferry bridge formerly called the burnt bridge mr wickstrom founded wick s fishing camp harrison co mississippi land deed bk 290 p 186 eric e wickstrom was a native of california probably los angeles county his parents were late 19 th century immigrants from sweden ee wickstrom married juliette d aquin 18991985 a native of new orleans they had a son john gordon wickstrom 19251986 who married flora marina g wickstrom in their retirement the wickstrom relocated to laredo texas to live near their son and grandchildren they expired in texas wick s fish camp wick s fishing campwas situated on big lake it was contiguous with and southeast of sunkist place the former jf popp s place the wickstrom family operated here until the late summer of 1963 when barney j buddy byrd 19302008 leased the property he and lionel byrd sr 19091996 his father ran the fish camp a bar room and trailer park buddy acquired the wickstrom property in 1971 and vended it to robert king barq in november 2000 lr fred miles 19141989 and barney j buddy byrd 19302008 credit down south jan feb 1964 p 10 from the cc tex hamill down south magazine collection archived at mgccc perkinston mississippi courtesy of charles l sullivan professor emeritus and archivist at mgccc perkinston campus barney j byrd in october 1963 barney j buddy byrd 19302008 william j meyers bud s mobile homes inc and lionel byrd sr 19091996 buddy s father took a thirty year lease on the wickstrom property which included wick s fishing camp this lease was surrendered by the lessees in august 1968 and a new lease was taken immediately by buddy byrd for twentyfive years with an option to purchase the wickstrom property at 751 barrett road the rent was 6000 per year mr byrd and nora webster byrd his wife acquired the wickstrom tract in december 1971 mr and mrs wickstrom retained a life estate in the tract harrison co mississippi land deed bk 523 p 220a bk 523 p 224 bk 615 p 400 bk 615 p 404 bk 615 pp 407412 and harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 23 p 543 here on the banks of big lake lionel byrd sr and buddy byrd ran the fishing camp a bar room and trailer park buddy was an entrepreneur involved in many commercial ventures on the coast and including the bj helicopter service at los angeles he expired on june 19 2008 at gulfport  down south jan feb 1964 p 10 and the sun herald june 21 2008 p a4  buddy byrd and spouse sold his commercial land at popp s ferry to robert king bones barq and margaret e nofsinger barq in november 2000 harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 362 p 582  t he fishing arena this creative fish hole was opened in the spring of 1961 at popp s ferry it was a large aircooled indoor venue from which patrons for 2 a day could sit and fish within seconds of a bait shop snack bar and dining room the roof of the structure had a large deck and quaint lounge hayto enterprises planned to erect four more of these novel fish holes at sites in alabama florida and texas courtesy of charles l sullivan professor emeritus at mgccc perkinston campus and archivist and conservator for the cc tex hamill down south magazine collection at mgccc in perkinston mississippi the fishing arena the fishing arena was commenced in the spring of 1961 by leroy hay 19171977 and george totton 19151976 who were residents of phoenix arizona they formed a mississippi corporation called hayto enterprises to operate an indoor air conditioned fishing venue in a 5250 squarefoot building costing 100000 the fishing arena was moored on big lake just north of the popp s ferry bridge on the west side of the causeway inside the structure were three fishing wells of 480 squarefeet each surrounded by comfortable chairs from which for 2 patrons could fish all day and night in an insect free cooled environment with access to a bait shop snack bar and dining room for those who enjoyed fresh air and a beautiful sunset there was the roof garden on the top of the building with the hideaway bar a cozy venue serving spirituous beverages for hayto enterprises this was the first of five planned fishing arenas there other sites were selected for nola mobile fort lauderdale florida and port arthur texas  down south mayjune 1961 p 11     sunkist place and george w haynes in october 1914 rebecca grant popp 18531928 and isabel grant 18471944 sold the old popp place for 20000 to george w haynes the conveyance included all improvements and all moveable or immoveable property furniture and furnishings george william haynes 18851920 came to the coast from tiptonville lake county tennessee during his occupation of the jf popp estate he called it sunkist place an appellation that has remained with the area in time the region has became known simply as sunkist acquired from the golf course and country club which was probably named by ashton c barrett 19011990 the last owner of sunkist place and a founder of the sunkist country club with we bill beasley 18881963 harrison county mississippi land deed bk 109 p 295 and the daily herald   george w haynes had married lillian a harris 18821930 a widow or divorcee and the mother of james c harris 19021930 and bessie lee harris 19041930 george w haynes was staying at the montross hotel at biloxi in september 1914 making arrangements to sell the timber from the popp tract he had plans to significantly improve sunkist place by clearing one hundredsixty acres of timber land to increase the amount of cultivated ground for fruit trees and raising livestock mr haynes and his family were to relocate from tiptonville in october gw haynes was particularly interested in growing pecans and oranges and raising poultry at sunkist place he also owned several farms in tennessee  the daily herald july 17 1914 p 5 july 18 1914 p 1 july 22 1914 p 5 and september 16 1914 p 2  by january 1916 george w haynes had acquired a young herd of cattle and fenced between two and three hundred acres of pasturage he offered to lease lands of his neighbors for additional grazing if they would fence it mr haynes also had fine hogs and was one of the largest strawberry farmers in the area his future plans were to build a dipping vat and brand his cattle  the daily herald january 7 1916 p 5  movie studio and hotels carl leech 18701920 of lawrence kansas while a guest at sunkist place began to promote the idea of establishing the dixie film manufacturing company a plant and studio for the production of motion picture film on the haynes place he was impressed with buildings and grounds as the future site for this fledgling industry mr leech contacted the pathe company of new york with his ideas and aspirations from federal census data it appears that carl leech was a professional theater actor he was domiciled in birmingham alabama in 1920  the daily herald march 18 1915 p 1  by april 1915 carl e leech s dream of a movie studio on the haynes property was still viable as la boening president of united states cinematography in chicago and dw mckinney chicago producer were expected to arrive in biloxi in the near future to make a movie the dixie film company was to be capitalized at 100000 and shares in the company were being sold in gulfport biloxi and other gulf coast municipalities in addition a 10000 squarefoot studio was to be erected on sunkist place by chris champion at of biloxi and miss moyne m morrison 18881910 of new york and paul english of chicago both actors were contacted to act in the movie to be directed by carl e leech miss morrison a native of lawrence kansas had married carl e leech in 1909   the gulfport advocate april 10 1915 p 2   as of early may 1915 interest in a film studio at sunkist place had progressed as the haynes family had been contacted by am anderson the agent for a woman who desired to acquire 4 12 acres from the haynes she aspired to have a fortyroom hotel built near the studio which was under construction  the gulfport advocate may 8 1915 p 8  shelling road for naught  in early 1914 he latimer biloxi road contractor was awarded to shell the road from pass christian road to popp s ferry this route is wellused and important to the local commerce and traffic  the daily herald january 5 1914 p 2  1915 hurricane strong gusts from the 1915 hurricane on september 29 1915 broke the moorings of the ferry at popp s landing and delivered it in a damaged state into fritz creek three miles to the northwest george w haynes ferry proprietor had his ferry operating across back bay in late december 1915 the local sentiment was that the county was going to erect a bridge to replace the ferry in the near future  the daily herald december 11 1915 p 2  county ferry shortlived the harrison county board of supervisors acquired all ferry rights to popp s ferry from george w haynes in february 1916 in this transaction the county was conveyed   the landing on  the  south side  bay of biloxi  and including all flats ropes and appurtenances belonging to said ferry and all ferry rights  at this time popp s ferry was declared a free public ferry harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 12 p 207 in april 1916 joseph rusk 18651947 was appointed keeper of popp s ferry his job was described as   to give his personal attention both day and night to the operation of such ferry and to exercise all reasonable care and diligence in crossing persons and vehicles in safety and not necessarily delay any person the use of such ferry and he is in all respect to perform duties of such ferryman and keep said ferry flat and landing and appurtenances in good order and condition at all times   joseph rusk was paid 25 per month for these services harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 12 p 263 joseph rusk resigned his position as ferry keeper and was replaced in october 1916 by joseph c delamarre 18551931 dutch caldwell was made keeper of the tchoutacabouffa bridge at this time  the daily herald october 20 1916 p 1    blind tiger in the interim between joseph rusk s resignation and the hiring of joseph c delamarre a character by the name of john lind moved into the ferry keeper s house mr lind began operating a blind tiger or speak easy from the ferry landing he was reported to marshal aw loposer at handsboro when law enforcement officers searched lind s residence they discovered twentyfive decks of playing cards and a pool table his cache of illegal alcohol was discovered on the periphery of a nearby swamp it consisted of two casks of beer twentyfour half pints of iw harper whiskey six quart bottles of cascade and two dozens pints of beer which had been iced down in buckets john lind was brought to biloxi and later released when he posted a 500 bond the liquor was taken to handsboro by lawmen  the daily herald july 22 1916 p 1  contraband alcohol continued to be smuggled and sold in harrison county and the popp s ferry area appears to be a preferred destination for these illicit activities in march 1917 chief of police rm randolph and officer peter bellande 18711933 seized a wagon loaded with eight casks of cook s beer and a gallon of wine and arrested frances barthes 18881942 it was presumed by local law enforcement officials that a schooner had transported the liquor to biloxi from new orleans and that it was being transported to popp s ferry for retail sale judge fw elmer jr fined mr barthes 100 and court cost  the daily herald march 13 1917 p 3  1922 booze raid  in january 1922 what was described as  the biggest raid since the one under the direction of the late sheriff james c elmer when county officials swooped down upon violators of the law who were said to be operating saloons after the prohibition law went into effect  federal harrison county and biloxi police officials confiscated twenty cases of illegal alcohol valued at 1700 along the road the road leading to the main thoroughfare of popp s ferry this booze cache was only a portion of the 110 cases that had been stolen from a vessel anchored near dog keys by a band of biloxi pirates   the daily herald january 16 1922 p 1  this crime was reported by captain clarence webster of the oyster schooner  annie mackie   employed by the desporte packers captain webster had met the liquorladen vessel allegedly sailing from cuba for mexico in the louisiana marshes where he was oystering the liquor boat was lost and in dire need of provisions captain webster directed them to biloxi where they were to replenish their watercraft while anchored near dog keys the cuban vessel was boarded by a band of armed men from biloxi who were in command of a motor boat the pirates had the crew load their speed boat and fled the scene for their lair on the upper reaches of back bay at the jackson club near popp s ferry law enforcement officials tracked the pirates to popp s ferry region where they confiscated about thirtysix cases of contraband liquor six of the alleged pirates were arrested and jailed they were later tried in the legal system for fully and unlawfully conspiring to commit the crime of being in the unlawful possession intoxicating liquors whiskey and champagne by conspiring together to bring whiskey into the state of mississippi and have unlawful possession of the same within the state  the daily herald january 16 1922 p 1  1919last ferry during its february 1919 term the harrison county board of supervisors abandoned that part of popp s ferry road from pass christian road north to the ferry landing on back bay supervisor jc batton 18691943 was ordered to sell at the best price the ferry keeper s quarters and other appurtenances and materials used in the daily operation of popp s ferry he was to report the results of his success back to the board harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 15 p 17 joseph c delamarre ferry tender remained at the ferry landing and opened a fishing camp in september 1919 he married annie coleman of st bernard parish louisiana jc delamarre stayed at popp s ferry until 1921 when the county lost a law suit to wh rich 18851971 and wb swain of gulfport and he and the county ordered to vacate the land by chancery court chancellor griffith the denizens of the popp s ferry and north biloxi region had hoped that the judiciary would allow the ferry landing to have remained under the aegis of the harrison county board of supervisors it was believed that if the back bay bridge from north biloxi now d iberville to biloxi were closed by a fire or hurricane that a ferry could be placed into service at popp s ferry in short order  the daily herald september 19 1919 p 2 february 18 1921 p 1 and march 2 1921 p 6  haynes salesarah e cannon in july 1916 george w haynes sold sunkist place to sarah e cannon 18611920 also known as elizabeth the spouse of henry a cannon 18401918 of memphis tennessee sarah e cannon nee rembert was a native of arkansas she married foster d talley 1832pre1910 a memphis based salesman and bore him five children after the demise of mr talley sarah rembert talley married harry a cannon a widower who farmed in shelby county tennessee mr cannon s wife had died before 1900 and left him with nine children harrison co mississippi land deed bk 116 p 116 1900 shelby co tennessee federal census t6231598 p 13b ed 93 and t6231599 p 9a ed 104 and 1910 s shelby co tennessee federal census t6241521 p 7a ed 224 in the fall of 1917 mr and mrs harrison m spain and foster d talley jr 18911917 mrs cannon s son spent some vacation time at sunkist place they enjoyed the fine fishing at popp s ferry and returned to their memphis homes in late october at this time mr and mrs cannon also left for their domicile near memphis and to conduct business  the daily herald october 22 1917 p 3  harrison m spain 18821978 owned hm spain company a timber value estimating business at memphis in 1918 he employed t watkins cannon 18921979 a son of harry a cannon as a timber cruiser harry a cannon expired intestate at memphis in may 1918 mrs cannon moved to clayton union county new mexico to live with sarah t taylor 18951920 her daughter who had married livingston taylor 18851920 a tennessee lawyer she conveyed sunkist place to permelia g newborn in march1920 the heirs of harry a cannon quitclaimed their interest at popp s ferry to her in december 1919 they were as follows henry h cannon 18781920 charles devereux cannon 18831920 susie cannon fargason t watkins cannon 18921979 w dunlap cannon 18951920 and virginia c doan 18981920 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 128 p 30 and bk 128 p 28  permelia g newborn in 1930 permelia g newton 18781930 a tennessee native was a resident of memphis and domiciled on overton street she was the wife of joseph l newborn 18721930 a farmer no further information 1930 shelby co tennessee federal census r2275 p 29a ed 75 mrs newton vended sunkist place in april 1920 to william pritchard for 22500 the sale included all furniture implements and personal property excepting two family pictures and three paintings harrison co mississippi land deed bk 128 p 31  william pritchard william pritchard 18761923 resided at memphis tennessee where he was a lumber company executive he was a native of the volunteer state and of english and welsh heritage 1920 shelby co tennessee federal census t6251764 p 5b ed173 with his demise imminent william pritchard in december 1922 arranged a life estate in his big lake property at popp s ferry and conveyed such to jm coleman trustee who was to convey sunkist place after his death to mrs burton john walker the daughter of william pritchard mr walker expired at memphis on april 23 1923 and mrs walker acquired title to his harrison county tract in june 1923 she then sold a onehalf interest in sunkist place to marjorie raggio 18831930 the spouse of john a raggio 18781930 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 138 p 31 bk 138 p 277 and bk 138 p 278  cogan s petition in august 1924 the harrison county board of supervisors heard the petition of gordon w cogan 18791930 to reopen the public road running north from the pass christian road across back bay at what is known as popp s ferry to where it intersects the public road leading from biloxi to woolmarket a committee was appointed to examine and view the proposal and report to the board at its next convening mr cogan farmed in the area and was the proprietor of the hill top fishing camp on bug lake harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 18 p 368 1930 harrison co mississippi federal census r1146 15b ed 7  walkerraggio mrs burton john walker and marjorie raggio were both residents of new orleans marjorie raggio 18831941 was a native of missouri circa 1920 she married john a raggio 18781941 a native of memphis and of italian immigrant parents marjorie had been married previously and had two sons burton elder raggio 19111933 and william raggio 19131930 who were adopted by john a raggio together they had two daughters margaret raggio 19201930 and elizabeth raggio 19221930 elizabeth was born in mississippi possibly at sunkist place marjorie raggio and mrs burton john walker sold sunkist place to julius m lopez in october 1925 for 80000 mr lopez paid 1999 at closing and took a deed of trust obligating him to four notes of 20000 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 153 p 509 and trust deed bk 66 p 103  julius m lopez and belle markey lopez  lr unknown jm lopez belle m lopez unknown and unknown  julius m lopez julius m lopez 18861958 was the son of lazaro laz lopez 18501903 a native of spain and julia dulion 18571918 he was reared at biloxi and attended st stanislaus college at bay st louis mississippi in december1907 julius married belle markey 18871946 a native of new orleans in the nativity bvm catholic church at biloxi miss markey was the daughter of benjamin f markey 18661910 and grace selma neams 18681900 mr markey was an embalmer and managed the coast livery and undertaking company at biloxi  the biloxi daily herald december 12 1907 p 2 and orleans parish louisiana federal census t623 571 p 1a 3 rd ward julius and belle m lopez were the parents of two children julius m lopez ii 19081990 and kathryn lopez 19111984 m charles dennery wambsgans 19111990  seafood magnate at biloxi jm lopez was active in the seafood industry and was an avid sailor and yachtsman laz lopez sr his father was an entrepreneur and a pioneer seafood canner at biloxi the first biloxi seafood operation was located at the head of reynoir street on back bay in march 1883 it became the biloxi canning company but was originally called the lopez elmer and company the lopez elmer and company was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of 8000 by lazaro lopez 18501903 f william elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 18261892  the pascagoula democratstar reported on december 30 1881 that the company was placing its canning machines in the factory the proprietors had over one hundred local white men and boys on the payroll they were employed as follows fortyfour openers fortyfive men manning fifteen boats twenty or more canners and wharf men  the pascagoula democratstar december 30 1881 p 3 julius and lazaro joseph lopez 18771918 his brother pursued their livelihoods in the canning industry with lopez dunbar s son company lopez dukate dunbars and lopez dukate et al  yachtsman and boat racer circa 1907 julius m lopez contracted with the pope boat company of fond du lac wisconsin to build a motor yacht the vessel called colin was launched in june1908 and reached biloxi in july 1908 mr lopez brought his new craft down the mississippi river accompanied by edward brady 18671939 and erena lopez brady 18831940 his brotherinlaw and sister and walter hunt 18871961  colin was almost forty feet in length with a 7 ½ foot beam and drew a little over two feet of water it could travel 25 mph driven by its 50 hp davis engine  colin made her local debut at the 9 th annual biloxi regatta held on july 22 1908  the biloxi daily herald july 6 1908 p 1 anf july 23 1908 p 1  jm lopez was a life member of the byc and served as commodore in 19141915 and rear commodore in 19191920 he was an avid supporter of motor boat racing on the mexican gulf   the daily herald december 27 1919 p 2 and june 27 1921 p 3    belle l at pass christian july 12 1913  the belle lwas owned by julius m lopez 18861958 of biloxi mr lopez a biloxi entrepreneur and owner of sunkist place fromoctober 1925 until june 1931 was also a racing boat aficionado jack covacevich of point cadet built the belle l a 30foot racer in 1911 she competed in many of the gcya regattas along the mexican gulf and waslauded as follows   there is nothing in the gulf that can near equal it  belle l  in speed   leo e ohr 18901970 the son of george e ohr 18571918 the mad potter of biloxi and amechanical genius was the engineer and sometimes pilot of the belle l the belle l is picture here in midjuly 1913 at the pass christian regatta she had no competition that day but mr lopez was presented a finesilver cup for exhibiting belle l at the regatta motorboat racing at biloxi in july 1909 julius m lopez introduced the waterspout  the first of his racing speed boats to vie in gulf coast competition this swift thirtyfoot craft was built by jack covacevich and was powered by a 65 hp gasoline engine its first race was against blue wing  the twentyfive foot and 29 hp speed boat of ernest l jahncke 18771933 of new orleans  waterspout was much quicker than blue wing  but did not finish the contest as her pump outlet failed and she began taking on water  the daily herald july 23 1909 p 1  by the july 1911 biloxi regatta jm lopez had changed the name of the waterspout the virgin   she was pitted against the jub jub and kitesy  both lousiana based boats  kitesy was declared winner by default as her competitors dropped out due to mechanical issues  the daily herald july 10 1911 p 1  also in july 1911 julius m lopez introduced a new watercraft to the gcya motor boat racing circuit when he launched a thirtyfoot motor boat powered with a 40 hp engine this hydroplane style speedster was built by jack covacevich and christened belle l  honoring belle markey lopez the spouse of jm lopez the belle l would soon become known as one of the fastest racers in the entire southeast  the daily herald july 14 1911 p 1  at the july 1912 biloxi regatta  belle l was opposed by the humptydumpty  a mahogany onestep hydroplane owned by ernest lee jahncke of the crescent city jack covacevich and leo e ohr aboard the belle l won the contest by two minutes over the ten mile race course captain jahncke planned to have a large engine installed in his hydroplane to be more competitive against the belle l  the daily herald july 20 1912 p 1  leo e ohr julius m lopez often had leo e ohr as the engineer or pilot of the belle l  leo edgar ohr 18901970 was one of the four surviving children of george edward ohr jr 18571918 the mad potter of biloxi and josephine gehring 18681930 a native of gretna louisiana on january 22 1926 leo married mamie catchot 18901961 a native of ocean springs and the daughter of antonio toy catchot 18681952 and adelia mon 18761948 lepre 1991 p 243 and harco ms mrb 37 p 522  as early as 1913 leo e ohr was in the automotive garage and machine business with otto t ohr 18951982 his brother he commenced the ohr boy s garage at 411 delauney street now ge ohr boulevard just north of their familial domicile and on the site of his father s famous potohre biloxi city directory 19131914 p 180 in april 1915 leo e ohr obtained the harleydavidson franchise on the mississippi gulf coast he rode the streets of biloxi on his new twin cylinder harleydavidson as a demonstrator for interested customers  the daily herald april 26 1915 p 2  by 1922 leo had changed the name of his business to the ohr garage and by 1927 added and machine works to this title as late as 1949 he remained the proprietor of the ohr machine shop in 1958 leo e ohr was renting rooms at 208 lameuse street biloxi city directory 19221923 p 162 ibid 1927 p 158 ibid 1949 p 480 ibid 1958 p 64 some notices of leo e ohr 18901970 and his association with jm lopez 18871958 follow the belle l is having her engines tested by leo e ohr at his machine shop mr lopez is preparing his swift craft for the summer racing season  the daily herald may 12 1913 p 8  at the biloxi regatta in early july 1917 leo e ohr and fred moran ran the belle l for mr lopez against casey jones of gulfport they were victorious over the 18 mile race course and won the 50 prize  the daily herald july 6 1917 p 1  in july 1919 leo e ohr and charles webber piloted the belle l to a win over lady fish in a 15 mile test in the waters off of biloxi julius m lopez announced after the victory that he planned to sell the belle l  the daily herald july 11 1919 p 1  lopez lands julius m lopez began acquiring acreage in the popp s ferry section of west biloxi in april 1909 when he bought the old elam r blackwell 18291896 homestead consisting approximately136 acres in section 1516 t7sr10w it was vended to him for 2000 by morris g blackwell prior to 1851 and before the blackwell occupation which commenced here in1859 this tract had been the site of a large steam saw mill situated near the confluence of the tchoutacabouffa and biloxi rivers this sawmill was identified as the chattagobouef on the us coast survey map of 1851 110000 and in conveyance deeds the phrase old mill chimney is used as a reference point to describe the boundaries of this large parcel of land it was one of more than twelve steam sawmills operating in the biloxi bay region at this time for many years this property was referred to locally as mill point and later lopez point harrison co mississippi land deed bk 90 p 278 and the new orleans daily crescent june 19 1849 p 2   the lopez point parcel on the tchoutacabouffa river was an outstanding location for a sawmill since it was near the terminus of these two large rivers and their tributaries as they discharged into the upper reaches of the back bay of biloxi the biloxi river was joined by fritz creek mill creek and the little biloxi river while the tchoutacabouffa river supplied the fresh waters of parker creek howard creek cypress creek bayou costapia and tuxachanie creek to its drainage area the integrated watershed of these two rivers was approximately 640 square miles and consisted of almost 400000 acres of longleaf pine cypress and assorted hardwoods trading schooners easily reached the chattagobouef sawmill from the open mexican gulf waters bellande february 1994 p 31  tchoutacabouffa retreat here on the east bank of the tchoutacabouffa river julius m lopez built a bungalow and established a holiday resort in the vicinity of the former sawmill and blackwell homestead the lopez family entertained throughout the year with their guests enjoying the excellent fishing and hunting found in the waters and woods of the immediate area it was not unusual for the lopez family to have outofstate visitors here especially from louisiana and illinois  the daily herald january 30 1914 p 2  some of the lopez point property remained in the family and in march 1986 anne davis lopez charles d wambsgan 19111990 the spouse of kathryn lopez 19111984 et al platted the lopez point subdivision northwest of the sunkist country club in 1994 the author investigated lot 6 and lot 7 of this land subdivision along south shore drive and found old bricks and rusted iron both indicators of the remains of the old mill chimney and sawmill machinery from the chattagobouef mill of the earlymid 19 th century harrison co mississippi chancery court land plat bk 11 p 14  sunkist place burns  sunkist place t he old john f popp estate on big lake was destroyed by fire in late may 1931 when in the possession of julius m lopez it was once a show place of the coast with its manicured grounds and regal setting on the high bluff overlooking the mouth of the tchoutacabouffa river the loss was estimated at several thousand dollars  the daily herald june 1 1931  shortly after the destructive conflagration julius m lopez obviously a casualty of the great depression lost sunkist place to creditors in june 1931 wt moore trustee conveyed the property back to marjorie raggio and mrs burton walker both residents of new orleans they paid 5000 for the land harrison co mississippi land deed bk bk 190 p 354  first popp s ferry bridge1928 in the summer of 1927 sealed bids were received by the harrison county board of supervisors for the erection of a span across the back bay of biloxi at popp s ferry the bridge when completed was over seven hundred feet in length and eighteen feet wide the floor of the popp s ferry span was constructed of creosoted pine planks four inches in thickness and one foot wide its white banister railings were three feet tall and protected vehicular and pedestrian traffic from accidentally exiting the structure in contrast with the ebony structure the white railing provided a sharp distinction in this very picturesque sylvan region of the upper back bay region  the daily herald april 28 1928 p 1  the bid of 41777 by the austin brothers bridge company of atlanta georgia was accepted by the board in july 1927 their finished span was accepted by the harrison county board of supervisors in may 1928 harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 21 p 69 and pp 139141 and bk 22 p 36 in middecember 1928 the initial span to cross the back bay of biloxi at popp s ferry opened for traffic the final cost for the bridge was more than 60000 the construction was supervised by walter nixon sr 18951960 the elected supervisor representing the citizens of harrison county beat one the us i110 back bridge linking d iberville with biloxi was named for walter nixon sr upon its dedication in june 1975  the jackson county times december 22 1928 p 1 and the daily herald june 26 1975 p 1  charles johnson may have been the first bridge tender he resigned and was replaced by hf switzer in march 1929 the salary for this position was 35 per month harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 22 p 510  1928 spring flood the new popp s ferry bridge was damaged in early june 1928 by high water flowing from the tchoutacabouffabiloxi river watersheds about seventy feet of the creosoted timbered span was washed away north of the draw by the force of the swift waterdriven driftwood pushing against the pilings the resulting debris accumulated in the marsh downstream from the structure walter nixon beat one supervisor estimated that repair costs for the damaged popp s ferry bridge would approach 15000 wyatt hawkins harrison county highway engineer estimated 200000 in damages to bridges bridge approaches and road beds resulting from the recent rampage s of the county s rivers creeks and bayous  the daily herald june 7 1928 p 1  alonzo b desporte biloxi builder was awarded the 6397 contract to make repairs to the new popp s ferry span the mobile steel company provided 3685 worth of steel and the gulfport creosoting company supplied treated wooden pilings valued at 1235 for the project harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 22 pp 141143 and p 208  1941 repairs and span reconfiguration in 1941 an application had been made to the war department for funds to reconstruct the popp s ferry bridge in early june 1941 christian a thompson of biloxi and hugh bourgeios of gulfport were paid 174 and 2459 respectively for test pilings and steel to repair both the handsboro bridge and popp s ferry bridge e dewey lawrence harrison county beat one supervisor announced that the wpa was going to relocate the popp s ferry bridge swing span 185 feet north of its present location to provide a 75foot horizontal clearance and a 10foot vertical clearance when closed he expected this work to commence in fortyfive days the daily herald june 2 1941 p 8  raggiowalker sale as previously mentioned shortly after the fire that destroyed sunkist place julius m lopez lost sunkist place to creditors in june 1931 wt moore trustee conveyed the property back to marjorie raggio and mrs burton walker both residents of new orleans they paid 5000 for the land harrison co mississippi land deed bk bk 190 p 354 madames raggio and walker sold sunkist place to victor b pringle in january 1941 harrison co mississippi land bk 236 p 597  victor b pringle victor boyd pringle 19091977 was born at biloxi mississippi on july 3 1909 the son of lee vernon pringle 18661938 a native of semmes chapel mobile county alabama and victoria voltz 18851935 who was born at perdido florida the daughter of robert m voltz and elizabeth king of selma and montgomery alabama respectively lv pringle came to biloxi in 1908 probably from latonia jackson county mississippi where he was associated with the latonia turpentine company and union naval stores of mobile these organizations were naval stores manufacturers and dealers in general merchandise in 1901 mr pringle served as postmaster at latonia which is about 12 miles northwest of semmes chapel alabama lv pringle invented a turpentine cup which was manufactured by the pringle cup company in daisy tennessee in 1902 the chattanooga pottery company of daisy tennessee was formed by the consolidated naval stores company to manufacture clay cups consolidated naval stores was formed by the merger of seven florida and georgia factorage houses also in 1902 they had offices in savannah jacksonville and pensacola it is very probable that the pringle cup company was a name only and that the clay cups were manufactured by the chattanooga pottery company in addition to his naval stores operations in mississippi mr pringle had turpentine and rosin at florida alabama and louisiana he was vicepresident of the gillicanchipley company of new orleans for fifteen years and held the same position with the pringlegay turpentine company lv pringle also had his own real estate company and held large personal land holdings lee v pringle expired on october 8 1938 he and many family members are interred at the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald october 9 1938 p 3  circa 1934 victor b pringle married margaret woodley 19111997 a virginia native and the daughter of joseph woodley 1879 to pre1930 and bertha woodley 18801970 of tarboro north carolina mr woodley was the superintendent of a peanut plant while bertha woodley was a sales lady in a department store dr james woodley 1907pre1977 was her only sibling victor and margaret were the parents of margaret v flowers 19352005 and victor b pringle jr 193920091920 and 1930 edgecombe co north carolina federal census t6251296 p 14b ed 5 and r1688 p 17b ed 2 in his youth victor b pringle was accidentally shot by stephen gorenflo in late november 1919 while hunting on west beach at biloxi the blast tore away the lower part of his right leg drs james e wallace wt bolton and gf carroll of the wallace infirmary tried in vain to save his damaged limb mr pringle was later fitted with a prosthesis  the daily herald november 28 1919 p 1 and november 29 1919 p 4  victor b pringle was a 1933 law school graduate of ole miss he practiced law at biloxi but was also very active in the civic business and social affairs of his native city victor was a member of the american bar association and the harrison county bar association and biloxi port commission attorney he was chairman of the board of the biloxi housing authority from 1953 to 1974 having been appointed to this board in 1940 and a member of the perkinston junior college board of trustees victor s business acumen saw him a vice president of the following home milk products pringle brothers motors inc avelez hotel and sec treasurer of the westergaard boat works socially his activities included the biloxi yacht club commodore 1954 and elks club victor b pringle expired at biloxi in late october 1977 his corporal remains were interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in west biloxi his spouse passed on april 2 1997 mrs pringle was also buried in this biloxi cemetery  the daily herald november 1 1977 p 2 and the sun herald april 3 1997 p c2  it appears that victor b pringle sold sunkist place to ashton c barrett in may 1944 without any development following the following the fire of may 1931 harrison co mississippi land bk 264 p 347  beau chene estates and the holleyblackwell cemetery with the passing of ashton c barrett 19011990 in november 1990 virginia anderson barrett 19041997 ann b hancock and patricia b milam his widow and daughters respectively and owners of the ashton c barrett residuary trust began vending large residential lots in the immediate vicinity their former home and the holleyblackwell cemetery specifically in november 1996 these ladies sold jeffrey h o keefe john c griffith tom c harvey and the elderberry corporation four lots ranging in size from 307 acres to 483 acres in july 1998 the beau chene estates subdivision a 19lot subdivision was platted by dana r parsons of stone investment company jeffrey o keefe john c griffith and tom c harvey this upscale development on big lake has very modern and large expensive homes this image viewed to the nw towards the former site of sunkist place and the ac barrett home site depicts the holleyblackwell cemetery and an example of the fine structures situated within beau chene estates digital image by ray l bellandenovember 2008 ashton c barrett ashton chichester barrett 19011990 was born at edwards mississippi to judge thomas h barrett and minnie chichester mr barrett s family relocated to gulfport when he was an infant they were domiciled on east beach drive in gulfport ashton c barrett received is education in the gulfport public school system and at ole miss he made his livelihood as a haberdasher and operator of a dry cleaning business at gulfport and biloxi  the sun herald november 16 1990 p b2  ashton c barrett married virginia turley anderson 19041997 in gulfport in june 1926 they were the parents of two daughters virginia ann barrett b 1929 m joe mack hancock in april 1952 and patricia frances barrett b 1933 m emmette milam in december 1953 harrison co ms mrb 38 p 194 89 p 277 and bk 96 p 158 ashton c barrett was active in the business social sporting and political fabric of the gulf coast community he was a founder of the young men s business club the gulfport gridiron club and the cat island hunting and fishing club mr barrett worshiped at the first baptist church of gulfport and a 32 nd degree mason and shriner he was also chairman of the easter seal foundation his political endeavors brought him to senator james o eastland 19041986 who he served as campaign and financial chairman president john f kennedy 19171963 appointed mr barrett to the federal maritime commission he served this body under five presidents and was vice chairman  the sun herald november 16 1990 p b2  ashton c barrett expired at gulfport mississippi on november 15 1990 virginia anderson his spouse of sixtyfour years also died in gulfport on january 27 1997 their corporal remains were interred in the evergreen cemetery at gulfport mississippi  the sun herald november 16 1990 p b2 and january 29 1997 p c2  barrett builds circa 1946 ashton c barrett erected a log cabin on the former site of sunkist place prior to the building of this wooden shelter mr barrett and his family and their friends would spend weekends camped on the banks of big lake in a large tent he and his wife had a masonry home built here about 1952 these structures were removed in the 1990s with the sale of lots and the platting of the beau chenes subdivision mrs roy anderson ii of gulfport mississippi on june 13 2009 with the passing of ashton c barrett 19011990 in november 1990 virginia anderson barrett 19041997 patricia b milam and ann b hancock his widow and daughters and owners of the ashton c barrett residuary trust began vending large residential lots in the immediate vicinity of the holley cemetery specifically in november 1996 these ladies sold jeffrey h o keefe john c griffith tom c harvey and the elderberry corporation four lots ranging in size from 307 acres to 483 acres harrison co mississippi 2 nd jd land deed bk 302 pp 162168  beau chene estates subdivision in july 1998 the beau chene estates subdivision a 19lot subdivision was platted by dana r parsons of stone investment company jeffrey o keefe john c griffith and tom c harvey this upscale development on big lake has very modern and large expensive homes as previously mentioned the holley cemetery is situated in lot 1 and a part of lot 2 of this development harrison co mississippi chancery court 2 nd jd land plat bk 15 p 50 this vintage image of the 2 nd popp s ferry bridge was made in the 1950s and replaced the original 1928 span this basculetype structure was erected by the wr fairchild company of hattiesburg mississippi for about 163000 after many delays the new bridge was informally dedicated and opened to public traffic on april 11 1953 e dewey lawrence 18981962 beat one supervisor cut the ribbon courtesy of charles l sullivan professor emeritus at mgccc perkinston campus and archivist and conservator for the cc tex hamill down south magazine collection at mgccc in perkinston mississippi 2 nd popp s ferry bridge in july 1949 the harrison county board of supervisors approved the plans of gr boddie county engineer for the erection of a basculetype bridge to cross popp s ferry on the same foot print of the 1928 span sealed bids were received from jp ewing inc of mobile alabama and wr fairchild of hattiesburg mississippi wr fairchild was awarded the 163000 contract in september 1949 other contracts were bid on for the fender pilings and superstructure the board of supervisors appointed fred harris as bridge keeper in january 1950 with a salary of 65 per month in march 1951 supervisors oscar f cassibry jj hayden and w luther blackledge inspected the work of wr fairchid on the approaches to the span harrison co mississippi board of supervisor s minute bk 47 pp 512514 bk 48 p 14 p 202 and p 571 bk 49 p 524 and bk 51 pp 102  dedication day after many delays the new 340000 popp s ferry bridge was informally dedicated and opened to public traffic on april 11 1953 e dewey lawrence 18981962 beat one supervisor cut the ribbon a formal dedication was planned for a later date the finished concrete span was 807 feet long with a 22foot concrete road bed on the same day the new burnt bridge located onehalf mile north of the new back bay crossing was also dedicated the swing span from the 1928 popp s ferry bridge was ferried to the burnt bridge site widened and utilized in the span across what had informally been called nick holley s cutoff   the daily herald april 13 1953 p 1    sunkist country club william e bill beasley 18811963 and ashton c barrett 19011990 founded the sunkist country club shortly after the opening of the new popp s ferry bridge in april 1953 this eighteenhole golf links is situated north of popp s ferry road on 128acres of land formerly owned by mr barrett sunkist country club was incorporated in harrison county mississippi june 1953 by ashton c barrett william e bill beasley robert r buntin 18951966 and victor b pringle 19091977 the original clubhouse depicted in this image is intact although interior reconfigurations have been made through the years the swimming pool was recently filled with soil from the cc tex hamill down south magazine collection archived at mgccc perkinston mississippi courtesy of charles l sullivan professor emeritus and archivist at mgccc perkinston campus  sunkist country club with the vision and diligence of william e bill beasley 18811963 and ashton c barrett 19011990 the sunkist country club came to fruition shortly after the completion of the new popp s ferry bridge this eighteenhole golf links is situated north of popp s ferry road on 128acres in section 15 t7sr10w sunkist country club was incorporated in harrison county mississippi june 1953 by ashton c barrett william e bill beasley robert r buntin 18951966 and victor b pringle 19091977 ashton c barrett 19011990 and virginia anderson barrett 19041997 sold two parcels of land totaling 128acres in section 15 t7sr10w north of popp s ferry road to william e bill beasley 18811963 president of golf course incorporated in july 1953 harrison co ms land deed bk 370 p 428 in february 1954 golf course incorporated sold the golf course situated on about 120acres to sunkist country club incorporated mr beasley also gave a fiveyear lease to the sunkist country club on 88acres where the country club house was situated harrison co ms chattel deed bk 149 p 112 harrison co ms land deed bk 378 p 528 and harrison co ms land deed bk 378 p 525 in may 1953 we beasley the course developer marcel mickey bellande 19091982 joseph joe lawrence 19021975 and giles h peresich 19181985 were the first foursome to tee off on the sunkist links the formal opening came in late october 1953 when over six hundred members and guests were present at the culmination of four days of initial club activities ashton c barrett 19011990 presented william e beasley the father of sunkist country club a plaque and portrait of himself to be hung in the clubhouse mr beasley conceived the idea for the private golf club and had worked the past two years for its completion his portrait remains in the clubhouse foyer until this day  the daily herald may 16 1953 and october 27 1953 p 1  frank i steidle 19152007 the first golf professional at the club shot a 64 in november 1957 to break the initial course record  the daily herald november 19 1954 p 27  the sunkist country club was reorganized in july 1967 by elton pitts james b rouse charles a gillis george altbach fred huebner aj ingrassia alton l bellande 19121970 james c brashier jennings camet roswell kimball robert parrish and dr james smith 502 p 202  1968 collision marine collision damages popp s ferry bridge on april 10 1968 popp s ferry bridge and camille1969 hurricane camille which struck the mississippi gulf coast late in the night of august 17 1969 damaged the electrical system of the popp s ferry bridge temporarily negating the operation of the draw the us army corps of engineers and the us coast guard ordered that this salient transportation artery be opened with all celerity for vehicular traffic effectively closing it to marine operations the popp s ferry bridge was temporarily opened for automobile traffic on august 26 th supervisor arlan l robinson 19342005 of harrison county beat 5 estimated that repairs to the bridge would be finished by august 30 th less than two weeks after the violent tempest  the daily herald august 27 1969 p 1  katrina2005 hurricane katrina which inundated large sections of the lowlying mississippi gulf coast in late august 2005 also severely damaged the popp s ferry bridge nineteen sections of the concrete decking of the span the draw and walkway were affected by the late summer tempest after some issues with the bid process key constructors of madison mississippi were awarded a 765 million contract to repair the popp s ferry bridge on october 18 2005 work commenced on october 24 th and was completed on december 23 2005 earning key constructors a 500000 bonus for completing the work before february 1 2006  the sun herald december 24 2005 p a1  new bridge  on november 4 2008 biloxi city engineers presented the city council with a plan to erect a new bridge at popp s ferry with a 55foot clearance this would allow most of the current marine traffic to pass without opening the draw reducing openings to about twice each week to accommodate larger vessels the plan also called for increasing popp s ferry road to five lanes as presented this project would cost 765 million require the demolition of sixtynine homes and take about ten years to complete  the sun herald november 5 2008 p a2  march 2009 barge accident on the morning of march 20 2009 the cheryl stegbauer  a tugboat owned by southern towing of memphis and pushing eight laden barges hit the popp s ferry bridge collapsing concrete pilings and dropping twoninetyfoot sections of the welltraveled bridge into back bay one barge was sunk and another partially submerged by the falling concrete spans miraculously no one was injured and marge johnson the bridge tender related that the incident  was like being in an earthquake  her truck did fall into the water  the sun herald march 21 2009 p a1 and p a2 and march 23 2009 p a1  repairs although owned by the city of biloxi repairs to the popp s ferry bridge were taken over by mdot it awarded a contractto joe mcgee construction company of lake newton county mississippi for 2061494 they agreed to have the damages corrected and the bridge in temporary operation by april 28 2009 as an incentive to finish early joe mcgee agreed to a 75000 per day bonus failure to meet this commitment would result in a 75000 penalty final completion of the damaged structure was anticipated by june 5 2009  the sun herald march 24 2009 p a1 april 11 2009 p a1 and april 22 2009 p a11  the newton county based construction company had the popp s ferry bridge operational on april 25 th three days ahead of schedule pedestrians were not allowed on the popp s ferry bridge until workmen completed the new railings in midjune mayor aj holloway of biloxi praised mdot commissioner wayne brown and the construction company for their timely and efficient restoration of the span  the sun herald april 26 2009 p a2 and june 11 2009 p a1  2013 survey crews working and doing preliminary surveys for the widening of popps ferry road from pass road for 26 miles to riverbiew drive near the margaret sherry library and a new bridge across back bay at popps ferry  the sun herald june 14 2013 p a2  references  ray l bellande mississippi gulf coast history and genealogy society   the laughter mill   volume no 199 ray l bellande mississippi gulf coast history and genealogy society   toomermcguire sawmill   volume 28 no 1 february 1994 ray l bellande  mississippi coast history and genealogy society    toomermcguire sawmillchattagobeuf   volume 28 no 1 february 1992 julia cook guice  harrison county marriages  book 1 july 1841 to book 12 november 1899 city of biloxi mississippi1978 julia cook guice  mississippi coast history and genealogy society    sunkist place   volume 23 no 1 february 1987 p 21 and p 25 julia c guice   sunkist cemetary  sic     biloxi public library history and genealogy department unpublished in vertical files holley family nollie hickman  mississippi harvest  lumbering in the longleaf pine belt 18401915 the paragon press montgomery alabama1962  mississippi gulf coast yesterday 1699 and today 1939  federal writers project in mississippi works progress administration gulfport printing company gulfport mississippi1939 lu hartley morehead  old spanish trail along the mississippi gulf coast  the dixie press gulfport mississippi1958  magazines down south   it s fun fishing at the fishing arena  advertisement with map     volume 11 no 3 mayjune 1961 down south   fishin was never easier than this   volume 11 no 3 mayjune 1961 down south   fishing in devil s elbow  photo caption     volume 14 no 1 januaryfebruary 1964 way down south   sunkist place  image and caption     volume 3 no 2 july 17 1926 gulfport printing companygulfport mississippi  chancery court causes harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 244   the estate of nicholas holley   august 1870 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 471   the estate of john holley   december 1889 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 4706   wb swain et wh rich v herman bailey et al   july 1915 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 6317   wh rich and wb swain v joe delamarre and harrison county mississippi   february 1921 harrison county mississippi chancery court cause no 8375   edward brady et al v joeph mathurin mrs mary a latimer ba richards sl richards and mrs annie r richards   february 1926 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no p 825b   the estate of juliette d aquin wickstrom   october 1986 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no p 1877b   the estate of ashton c barrett   december 1992 harrison county mississippi chancery court 2 nd judicial district cause no p 2848b   ex parte flora marina g wickstrom beneficiary of the last will and testament of eric e wickstrom   january 1995 journals the biloxi daily herald   board of supervisors   november 11 1893 the biloxi daily herald   board of supervisors   september 16 1900 the biloxi daily herald   fishing some at popp s ferry   may 13 1904 the biloxi daily herald   mississippi coast and county news   july 13 1904 the biloxi daily herald   quarantine line moved  august 26 1905 the biloxi daily herald   popp s ferry to golden gate  august 26 1905 the biloxi daily herald   weddingslopezmarkey   december 12 1907 the biloxi daily herald   a little gem in itself   march 1 1908 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi s rural mail route   march 10 1908 the biloxi daily herald   launch colin has arrived   july 6 1908 the biloxi daily herald   delay in rural route   march 10 1909 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi personals   april 9 1909 the biloxi daily herald   looks favorable for rural route   april 30 1909 the biloxi daily herald    waterspout innovation in south   july 23 1909 the biloxi daily herald   first rural route to be established   july 26 1909 the biloxi news   popp s ferry span planned by supervisors says nixon   march 28 1926 the daily herald the daily herald   mrs john f popp is dead   july 19 1910 the daily herald   improvements for county roads   september 28 1910 the daily herald   fishing good at popp s ferry   october 17 1910 the daily herald   no law against speeding motorcycles  june 12 1911 the daily herald   operating room at hospital completed   august 8 1911 the daily herald   enjoyable picnic for dulion clerks   april 29 1912 the daily herald   ran over gator with automobile   july 26 1912 the daily herald   biloxi boats participate in the annual regatta of pass yachtmen   july 13 1913 the daily herald   shelling road to popp s ferry   january 5 1914 the daily herald   local news paragraphs   february 5 1914 the daily herald   brutal assault on old trapper at popp s ferry   march 18 1914 the daily herald   only one ferry in county now   march 23 1914 the daily herald   popp property goes to tennessee citizen   july 17 1914 the daily herald   tiptonville man will cultivate oranges pecans   july 18 1914 the daily herald   to clear timber from land   july 22 1914 the daily herald   here to close deal for timber   september 16 1914 the daily herald   makes good catches at popp s ferry   october 30 1914 the daily herald   jf popp is ill at orleans home   february 15 1915 the daily herald   to manufacture moving pictures at popp s ferry   march 18 1915 the daily herald   cast nets to be prohibited during march april and may north of popp s ferry   april 12 1915 the daily herald   mr and mrs julius m lopez   january 30 1914 the daily herald   jf popp weds sisterinlaw   november 28 1914 the daily herald   ferry boat to be resumed   december 11 1915 the daily herald   stock industry to be developed   january 7 1916 the daily herald   beer and whiskey found by officer s at popp s ferry   july 22 1916 the daily herald   boy s auxiliary to have outing  august 26 1916 the daily herald   delamarre keeper at popp s ferry  october 20 1916 the daily herald   mobs at popp s ferry yesterday   november 6 1916 the daily herald   john f popp is dead   september 14 1918 the daily herald   fishing good bayou bernard and popp s ferry   august 27 1918 the daily herald   wagon load beer taken in charge   march 13 1917 the daily herald   biloxi local news paragraphs of interest   october 22 1917 the daily herald   delemarre  sic  coleman   september 19 1919 the daily herald   biloxi youth accidentally shot   november 28 1919 the daily herald   victor boyd pringle improved   november 29 1919 the daily herald   poor children s tree tomorrow   december 23 1919 the daily herald   important decision in chancery court tomorrow   february 18 1921 the daily herald   harrison county loses its case   march 2 1921 the daily herald   erroneous impression concerning popp s ferry   march 3 1921 the daily herald   large number of life members   june 27 1921 the daily herald   popp s ferry affords good swimming   august 20 1921 the daily herald   alleged pirates operate on booze boat causing biggest raid in years   january 16 1922 the daily herald   popp s bridge is completed   july 5 1927 the daily herald   popp s bridge is completed   april 18 1928 the daily herald   county s bridge damage is estimated at 200000   june 7 1928 the daily herald   latimer s fishing camp   july 6 1928 the daily herald   fire destroys sunkist   june 1 1931 the daily herald   contract let to repair popp s ferry handsboro bridges   june 2 1941 the daily herald   new popp s ferry bridge opened to public saturday   april 13 1953 the daily herald   first foursome   may 16 1953 the daily herald   praise beasley for promotion of sunkist club   october 27 1953 p 1 the daily herald   stiedle sets new course record at sunkist   november 19 1954 the daily herald   know your coast  popp s ferry  july 5 1956 the daily herald   julius lopez sr taken by death rites on friday   january 9 1958 the daily herald   everybody is talking  advertisement for the fishing arena june 30 1961 p 24 the daily herald    marine collision   april 16 1968 p 1 the daily herald    new and larger popp s ferry bridge is aim   june 15 1968 p 1 the daily herald   bay span opened tuesday   august 27 1969 the daily herald   victor pringle sr dies   october 31 1977  the gulf coast times   popp s ferry bridge formally opened   april 16 1953 the gulfport advocate   dixie film promoters say industry will expand here   april 10 1915 the gulfport advocate   two hotels contemplated for the back bay section   may 8 1915 the jackson county times   60000 popp s ferry bridge opened   december 22 1928 the mississippi press   popps ferry bridge out   march 26 2009 p 1 the mississippi press   bridge brings couple together   march 26 2009 p 1 the new orleans daily crescent  june 19 1849  the new orleans time   maritime newsarrivals at the new basin   february 15 1876 the new orleans time   maritime newsarrivals at the new basin   april 23 1878 the star of pascagoula   blackwell child   july 31 1875 the sun herald the sun herald   ashton chichester barrett   november 11 1990 the sun herald   lionel byrd sr   november 18 1996 the sun herald   virginia anderson barrett   january 29 1997 the sun herald   margaret woodley pringle   april 3 1997 the sun herald   lionel byrd jr   december 16 1998 the sun herald   popp s ferry   us highway  90 ready soon   december 16 2005 the sun herald   arlan lamar robinson   june 17 2005 the sun herald   unabridged joy   december 24 2005 the sun herald   mr barney buddy byrd   june 21 2008 the sun herald   popp s ferry road expansion and new bridge proposed   november 5 2008 p a2 the sun herald   road bridge move ahead   december 3 2008 p a2 the sun herald   bridge repairs may take a few months   march 21 2009 p a1 the sun herald   it s out of commission for second time within 4 years   march 21 2009 p a1 the sun herald   bridge tender says barge s impact felt like earthquake   march 21 2009 p a1 the sun herald   congested roadways will get worse   march 21 2009 p a2 the sun herald   schools hope to minimize delays   march 21 2009 p a2 the sun herald   channel under damaged bridge closes   march 21 2009 p a2 the sun herald   mom kids saw the bridge collapse in front of their van   march 21 2009 p a3 the sun herald   millionaire tragedies are bridge s history   march 21 2009 p a3 the sun herald   mayor wants bridge repaired in 60 days   march 22 2009 p a1 the sun herald   businesses hit by bridge closure   march 22 2009 p a1 the sun herald   the bridges of back baynever again   march 22 2009 p c2 the sun herald   bridge hauled away in chunks   march 23 2009 p a1 the sun herald   on the fast track   march 24 2009 p a1 the sun herald   popp s ferry bridge disasterare 8 barges too much to handle on back bay   march 24 2009 p c4 the sun herald   plans in works for repairing bridge   march 27 2009 p a10 the sun herald   may is the goal   april 1 2009 p a2 the sun herald   tug master had crashed before   april 3 2009 p a1 the sun herald   pilot crashed before in tenn   april 4 2009 p a1 the sun herald   bridge opening set for late april   april 8 2009 p a2 the sun herald   work begins on popp s ferry bridge   april 11 2009 p a1 the sun herald   how troubled are the waters under the bridges of back bay   april 15 2009 p c1 the sun herald   workers burn midnight oil on bridge   april 17 2009 p a7 the sun herald   popp s ferry bridge work on schedule   april 22 2009 p a11 the sun herald   bridge crew works for this weekend   april 23 2009 p a1 the sun herald   bridge should open tonight   april 25 2009 p a1 the sun herald   beautiful bridge  april 26 2009 p a2 the sun herald   popp s ferry bridge repairsoff and walking   june 11 2009 the sun herald    popp s ferry road bridge construction still years away   june 14 2013 p a2 maps 1926 harrison county mississippi tax assessment map section 16 t7sr10w p 248 by rcs watsoncivil engineer of hattiesburg mississippi 1926 harrison county mississippi tax assessment map n 2 section 37 t7sr10w p 247 1926 harrison county mississippi tax assessment map s 2 section 37 t7sr10w p 268 usgs biloxi miss 1954 photorevised 197o and 1976 1 inch represents 2000 feet us coast survey  harbor and back bay of biloxi   1851 110000 by we greenwell and wm johnson  1962 biloxi bay bridge preopening 1962  courtesy of elaine ryan miller  1962  this us 90 highway span a fourlane bridge with a jack knife draw the second to cross biloxi bay was erected by the jb michael construction company at a cost of 7000000 michael employed approximately 150 men to erect this structure about 50 men were employed at their concrete plant on clay point at biloxi this bridge was dedicated on may 9 1962  the daily herald march 26 1959 p 1 and june 8 1961 p 5 and the ocean springs news may 3 1962   george l lemon b 1908 an mdot civil engineer who was reared at ocean springs was prominent in the design and construction of this structure at the time this span was the longest ever built by the state of mississippi  the ocean springs news may 3 1962   image made october 1990 image made september 2005  hurricane camille 1969  after hurricane camille in august 1969 the l n railroad commenced a passenger shuttle service between pascagoula and gulfport to alleviate automobile traffic resulting from the damage to the us highway 90 bridge across the bay of biloxi there were passenger stops at ocean springs biloxi keesler afb beauvoir and mississippi city the cost was 50 per trip the temporary rail service was terminated on september 19 1969 after bridge traffic commenced on us 90 across biloxi bay  the ocean springs record september 11 1969 p 1 and september 25 1969 p1    hurricane katrina 2005   references  the daily herald   plan june opening of bids on new bay of biloxi bridge   march 26 1959 p 1 the daily herald   construction will await bond sales   june 24 1959 p 1 the daily herald   new bridge is half complete contractor says   june 8 1962 p 5 the ocean springs news   longest span built by state savings noted   may 3 1962 p 2 the ocean springs news   lemons prominent bridge history  may 3 1962 p the ocean springs news   bridge dedication next wednesday   may 9 1962 p 1 the ocean springs record     l n ease traffic by passenger shuttle   september 11 1969 the ocean springs record   shuttlin off for good   september 25 1969 p 1  1962 us highway 90 biloxi bay bridge  removal of the katrina damaged 1962 us highway 90 bridge began in july 2006 core drilling to evaluate foundation conditions for the new span were in progress as well image made july 25 2006 by ray l bellande in midoctober 2005  the   mississippi renewal forum  a team of national architects planners and public officials met in biloxi with their local counterparts to redesign the severely damaged and partially destroyed mississippi gulf coast andres duany and james barksdale oversaw the meetings at the isle of capri hotel and resort mayor moran and her board with local architects henry hansell furr and dennis cowart were an integral part of these planning sessions  the sun herald october 17 2005 p a1  when the planning sessions began to rebuild a new us highway 90 bridge across biloxi bay to reunite ocean springs with biloxi mayor moran had extensive discussions with mdot mississippi department of transportation to assure that certain aesthetic and safety issues were met her goal was for   a signature bridge beautiful one that can be used for ocean springs postcards or the next 60 years  following one conference mayor moran quoted that mdot s first plans for rebuilding the bridge would have meant that   we ended up with a lot of concrete spaghetti on our beach and that was not acceptable  ms moran persuaded mdot to add a protected pedestrianbike lane a promenade from the ocean springs yacht club to pass beneath the structure decorative concrete and lighting and landscaping  the sun herald november 8 2005 p a4  on december 6 2005 wayne brown mdot southern district commissioner announced that mdot would erect a sixlane one hundred twentyeight foot wide bridge across biloxi bay mayor moran opposed this plan and favored a smaller four lane span ocean springs was the only coast city to oppose the bridge because of its scale and fact that it was counter to a plan by new urbanists to down size us highway 90 to a pedestrian boulevard in support of mayor moran the board of aldermen of ocean springs voted 43 to draft a letter to the federal highway commission voicing opposition to the larger bridge  the sun herald december 7 2005 p a1 and p a8  in late december 2005 mayor moran wrote the federal highway administration requesting mdot s scheme for erecting a sixlane bridge across biloxi bay rather than a smaller span preferred by the city council of ocean springs mdot executive director butch brown replied to moran s request   i think it s unfortunate that mayor moran has taken this bridge issue when indeed her community is actually in better shape than most on the coast her historic area and district are largely unaffected by the bridge she s tried to use the bridge to get other concessions  the biloxi city council harrison county board of supervisors and voted unanimously to erect the sixlane bridge mayor moran even lost support of her own county leaders as the jackson county board of supervisors supported brown s sixlane bridge she was lauded by the board s president for extracting concessions from mdot in the form of a bike path decorative concrete and unique lights  the sun herald december 23 2005 p a1 and p a9 and the sun herald december 29 2005 p a1  ferry  a temporary solution to the biloxi bay crossing postkatrina would be to run a ferry from ocean springs to biloxi and back this was suggested at the mississippi renewal forum held at biloxi in october 2005 forum participants assigned to ocean springs created a hypothetical area called the west end landing it would encompass that area around the osyc property and the proposed new us highway 90 span here a ferry landing and trolley or rail stop could be located miss renewal forum 2005 p 48 mdot admitted that it had no experience with temporary ferry service pacific marine technical service of bainbridge washington a consulting group was hired to study the feasibility of ferry service at ocean springs as well at bay st louis a report was expected from the consultants at the end of april  the sun herald april 20 2006 p a2  by early june 2006 pacific marine technical service had not finished its feasibility study for a ferry system for biloxi bay and the bay of st louis to provide transportation crossings of these two waterways whose us highway 90 bridges were rendered useless after the devastating storm surge of hurricane katrina in late august 2005 preliminary investigations indicate that the difficulty to operate a ferry near the existing roadway on both bays are many and varied jim moak director of mdot s ports and waterways division related that at present the problems appear to be insurmountable among the onerous conditions expected are construction equipment for the new bridges will be situated in the immediate area of the most optimum ferry routes and dredging to remove storm debris and its deleterious effect on oyster reefs and other marine organism habitats along the proposed ferry routes at ocean springs mdot is studying an alternate location for the biloxi bay ferry which would run from the fayard seafood site at the foot of jackson avenue to a landing on point cadet in east biloxi  the sun herald june 7 2006 p a2  in september 2006 bids were submitted for a ferry system to operate across the bay of st louis from henderson point in harrison county to bay st louis in hancock county mdot took bids assuming that the federal highway administration would pay all costs for the public ferry service mdot required the following from perspective bidders two vessel each vessel must be capable of a least thirtyfive vehicles ferries should operate at a minimum speed of 115 mph and maintain a 45minute schedule ferries should operate seven days a week from 630 am until 630 pm and the draft of the ferries will not exceed 5 ½ feet  the sun herald september 12 2006 p a5   in late september 2006 hornblower marine services of new albany indiana was awarded the contract to operate the ferry across the bay of st louis hornblower has two ferries running in alabama the mobile bay ferry and the gees bend ferry mdot aspired that the company commence hauling motorcars at no cost to the patron by november 1 st the federal highway department emergency relief fund will pay for the service hornblower related that their twin ferry service could transport 748 motorcars daily across the bay of st louis for approximately 30 dollars per vehicle the last traffic count in 2005 found that 19000 cars crossed the us 90 span each day between henderson point and bay st louis  the sun herald september 20 2006 p a2 and september 25 2006 p a1   also in late september 2006 mdot awarded two contracts for dredging pile driving and materials to erect ferry terminals on opposite sides of the bay of st louis and roads to reach them the contracts were valued at more than 23 million dollars  the sun herald september 25 2006 p a1    bridge height  in early january 2006 mayor moran met with federal and state officials to continue her campaign against the six lane span across biloxi bay she addressed the issue of the projected growth rate of traffic flow used by mdot as the basis for the large structure moran s consultants argued that mdot had incorrectly interpreted the rate of increase by changing the traffic flow data especially for the year 2004 when the daily traffic count on the us 90 bridge actually decreased another factor not previously considered in the bridge study was the fact that a drawbridge would be needed to allow large vessels built at the trinity yacht shipyard on the industrial seaway at gulfport to gain access to the gulf of mexico via biloxi bay mdot s plan for the new bridge called for no draw but an 85foot clearance for boats  the sun herald january 4 2006 p a2   by midjanuary northrop grumman ship systems also voiced its negativity for a bridge without a draw span they also have a fabrication plant on industrial seaway which has plans to build composite masts and deckhouse superstructures for the uscg and us navy a fixed height bridge across biloxi bay would limit their ability to build larger ship components especially for the military   the sun herald january 19 2006 p a2  proposals  on january 13 2006 technical proposals were submitted to mdot for the erection of the new span across biloxi bay companies that demonstrated an interest in this venture were american bridgehill brothers orlando florida gc constructors kansas city missouri and granite archer western watsonville california   the sun herald january 13 2006 p a3  delay  by midjanuary the uscg had not approved the biloxi bay bridge as proposed by mdot it was postulated that issues fielded during public hearings that had not been addressed were the salient reason that the uscg had not signed off on the bridge as presented the lack of a draw span which would prohibit high profile vessels from ingressegress into the back bay of biloxi by several industries located on the harrison county industrial seaway was a serious issue not addressed in the mdot initial proposal wayne brown southern district highway commissioner commented that the addition of a draw would cost an additional 70 million to 80 million to the estimated 200 million dollar structure a year to a year and half delay in completion was expected if a new bridge had to be designed some harrison county representatives to the state legislature and the harrison county development commissioner expressed doubt about commissioner wayne brown s assessment of the time to redesign a bridge to meet the needs of the shipping industry on the industrial seaway one spokesman viewed it as a threat  the sun herald january 21 2006 p a1 and january 25 2006 p a1  bid day only one bid was received by mdot for the biloxiocean springs bridge granite archer western a consortium of several construction companies submitted a proposal of 275900000 mdot had estimated the cost at 200000000 which was obviously disappointing granite archer western was also low bidder on the bay of st louis bridge which received only two offers from contractors  the sun herald january 24 2006 p a1  boh brothers construction company declined to bid on the ocean springsbiloxi span because mdot placed according to boh brothers an onerous clause in the bid contract was added one week prior to bid opening the language in the addendum was interpreted to be open ended and boh brothers felt the risk was beyond their tolerance  the sun herald march 29 2006 p a4  temporary bridge    an even larger span  as a compromise with ship and yacht builders on the industrial seawayback bay corridor and the harrison county development commission butch brown director of mdot proposed to raise the height of the new bridge to 95 feet and dredge the channel beneath the structure to allow deeper draft vessels to utilize it the us coast guard had issued a permit for a bridge with a vertical clearance of 85 feet and horizontal of 150 feet clearance for boat traffic governor haley barbour approved the mdot compromise proposal which was submitted to primarily appease northrop grumman and trinity yachts both with shipbuilding facilities on the industrial seaway these industries were proponents of a draw bridge the new specifications for the bridge could result in several months delay for the only bidder granite archer western to redesign the span based on a height of 95 feet above the water  the sun herald february 22 2006 p a1 and p a6  wayne brown southern district transportation commissioner sdtc related that mdot had several options in regards commencing construction of the new span across the bay of biloxi award the contract based on the 85foot design and try to negotiate with granite archer western on a price for adding 10 more vertical feet or readvertise the project with the 95foot vertical clearance and accept a delay of several months for a new design and the possibility of additional bidders the final decision rested with mdot s legal staff and the federal highway administration who is financing most of the project  the sun herald february 22 2006 p a1 and february 28 2006 p a1    rebid in early march wayne brown sdtc announced that that mdot had decided to rebid the ocean springsbiloxi bridge based on the new specifications ie 95foot vertical clearance those invited to submit bids were gc construction of kansas city missouri yates hill of philadelphia mississippi and the initial bidder granite archer western of watsonville california granite archer watson stated that it if they won the new bid the earliest that their company could initiate construction on the biloxi bay crossing would be september 2006 a delay of six months because of their work on the bay of st louis span commissioner brown speculated that by august 2007 two lanes of traffic would be open on the new ocean springsbiloxi span and that the bridge would be finished by june 2008 wayne brown stated that technical proposals for the new span would be accepted on may 26 th and cost proposals on june 6 th it was anticipated that the cost proposal for the structure could exceed 300 million  the ocean springs record march 9 2006 p a1 and the sun herald april 8 2008 p a11 and may 26 2006 p a2  on the appointed day in late may three technical bid proposals were received by mdot on the ocean springsbiloxi bay span granite archer western watsonville california gc constructors kansas city missouri and yates hill brothers philadelphia mississippi harry lee james mdot chief engineer expects the wining bid will range between 275 and 325 million dollars the bridge contract will specify that two traffic lanes be open across the span in september 2007 and completion of the multilane structure by march 2008  the sun herald may 27 2006 p a2   on june 5 2006 gc contractors of kansas city missouri submitted the winning bid of 3386 million for the 95foot high replacement span across biloxi bay destroyed by katrina in late august 2005 the completed structure will have six traffic lanes four breakdown and emergency lanes and a bicyclepedestrian path gc contractors planned to have two lanes open to traffic by midnovember 2007 and a completed bridge by late april 16 2008 granite archer western who is building the bay st louis replacement bridge bid 3438 million dollars on the biloxi bay bridge yates hill a mississippi company bid 3844 million dollars  the sun herald june 6 2006 p a1 and june 17 2006 p a3  gc contractors were formally contracted by mdot to erect the biloxi bay span on june 6 2006  the sun herald june 7 2006 p a2  draw inspection in april 2006 tug boat captains navigating the biloxi channel and passing through the ocean springsbiloxi span reported that one of the bascule leaves had shifted on april 17 th mdot engineers inspected the bascules which had been frozen in the up position since they were manually raised following the loss of electric power which had occurred during hurricane katrina their observations were that the bascules have not moved and that the vertical clearance for marine travel was safe  the bay press april 28 2006 p 3  demolition  the katrina damaged bay st louis bridge was demolished in june 2006 approximately 100000 tons of concrete refuse will be utilized to create artificial reefs in the mississippi sound and repair the damaged square handkerchief shoals about three miles south of the derelict span  the sun herald june 10 2006 p a1    demolition removal and dredging at ocean springs  lr image august 2006 image september 2006 looking south image november 2006  preliminary progress in early july 2006 derrick barges began clearing the katrina wrecked us highway 90 bridge across biloxi bay also a bargemounted core drill began soil borings at selected sites in biloxi bay for civil engineers to determine foundation properties observation by ray l bellande  moran s decorative accents rejected but   at a meeting called by mdot and held in biloxi on july 26 th mayor aj holloway of biloxi frank leach district four supervisorjackson county bobby eleuterius district one supervisorharrison county and donovan scruggs city planner for ocean springs and mayor connie moran s surrogate to vote on accents for the 3386 million dollar span across biloxi bay ms moran s ideas for decorative elements on the bridge abutments was rejected 31 mayor moran commented that frank leach had   thrown ocean springs under the bus   for voting to have the abutments finished plain the options for decorative accents were a raised fleur de lys and several boat designs donovan scruggs commented postvote that the choice to select none of the decorative proposals would create   a nice concrete bunker   the group selected olive as the color for the exterior beams of the bridge and an offwhite color for the bicyclepedestrian path mayor holloway commented that mayor moran   wants her way all the time she got her way on the walking and bicycle path which cost us i don t know how much more than to leave off and i don t think anybody will use it   the sun herald july 27 2006 p a1  in a press conference held two days after her proposed aesthetics for the new biloxi bay bridge were rejected by mayor holloway and supervisors leach and eleuterius mayor moran related that all of her design proposals were in the budget and that they would not retard the scheduled completion date mississippi transportation commissioner butch brown had told moran that he would consider her ideas on the ocean springs side of the span  the sun herald july 29 2006 p a1  mayor moran made a public statement in early august 2006 relating that the city of ocean springs had negotiated with mdot as early as september 2005 in regards the aesthetics of the new biloxi bay span a compromise was made between the two entities and the resulting design description was written on what became known as   the gold sheet  the gold sheet was presented to to perspective bidders on the project thus including the compromised aesthetic improvement requested by ocean springs in the budgeted bridge moran was not particularly disturbed by the negativity of mayor aj holloway et al she told the public that   the gold sheet as we are told time and time again is really carved in stone that s what we negotiated on the front end that we were assured would be included in the bridge design project   mdot s wayne brown southern district commissioner stated that   ocean springs got a great deal in the negotiations on the bridge they got an attractive it s going to have decorative lights it s going to have down lighting it is going to have a bike and pedestrian pathway it s going to have see through rails it will have an under trail where you can walk under the bridge the bridge was brought down to the ground at water s edge so ocean springs has been well treated by mdot and also the federal highway administration   the ocean springs record august 3 2006 p a1  by late august the aesthetics of the planned biloxi bay span appeared to be solved as butch brown mdot executive director and former mayor of natchez agreed that mdot would erect a wall on the ocean springs side of the structure that would surround the bridge abutment from the shoreline to the span this wall would be the locus for local artists to create a mosaic or some other creative design mr brown said   this is going to be the damnedest most beautiful bridge you have ever seen connie moran is going to run up and give me a hug   the sun herald august 19 2006 p a3  viewers admonished in late august 2006 mdot requested that public viewing of the demolition of the old span and erection of the new ocean springsbiloxi bridge be restricted to certain areas at a safe distance from the construction sites on both ends of the span at biloxi designated viewing sites were the former jl scott marina parking lot adjacent to the isle of capri casino and from cadet street at ocean springs curiosity viewers were advised to observed from front beach drive  the bay press september 1 2006 p 15  december 2006 steve underwood project director for gc constructors a joint venture of massman construction company of kansas city missouri kiewit southern company of peachtree city georgia traylor brothers of evansville indiana and parson transportation group of pasadena california announced in early december 2006 that the biloxi bay span was on schedule for the planned twolane opening on november 13 2007 with a completion anticipated in april 2008 at this time there are about two hundred and twenty five people employed on the project this number will reach a maximum of three hundred one quarter of the pilings have been driven for the new bridge twelve of the seventytwo piers have been completed forty percent of the old bridge has been demolished and the ruins deposited south of deer island to construct artificial fishing reefs  the sun herald december 8 2006 p a2 and the ocean springs record january 18 2007 p a1  on december 18 2006 the first series of beams were set on piers on the biloxi side of the ocean springsbiloxi span wayne brown southern district highway commissioner stated that the bridge construction appeared to be ahead of schedule two lanes are anticipated to be open on november 13 2007  the mississippi press december 19 2006 p a4  january 2007 by 1 january 2007 the westbound land from the biloxi end of the span was progressing well as 41 of the 69 piers had been completed also about half of the 2300 cubic yards of concrete that had been poured for the bridge piers in december 2006 was at the main span where the footing for pier 53 and the columns and struts for piers 52 and 53 were poured at ocean springs the overpass crossing the csx rr tracks was also the scene of much activity as the north side of the us highway 90 eastbound embankment had been raised to its new grade level with fill dirt and the retaining wall to support it was in place concrete piles and substructure work was also progressing well on the westbound lane of us highway 90 csx rr crossing  the ocean springs record january 18 2007 p a1  in early february 2007 it was announced that the ocean springsbiloxi bridge was on schedule to be open to one lane traffic on november 13 th and to be completed by april 16 2008 the contractors are due a 5 million dollar bonus if the november deadline is accomplished or face a 100000 per day penalty if they fail the first concrete deck pour was made on february 7 th the concrete from the older bridge is being transported south of deer island to build an artificial fish reef and protect the south of the island from erosion  the sun herald february 8 2007 p a1  by early may 2007 the most difficult iron work on the ocean springsbiloxi bridge had been accomplished as steel workers set beams across the highest elevation on the new span ie across the ship channel the ship channel lies ninetyfive feet below  the sun herald may 3 2007 p a1  bridge party in early june the city governments of ocean springs and biloxi commenced planning for the projected november 13 th biloxi bay bridge opening mayor connie moran will call for designs and sketches from local artists for murals and mosaics to be utilized for freestanding panels to camouflage the bridge pilings on the north shore of the span mayor aj holloway of biloxi and frank leach district 4 supervisor of jackson county selected a teal blue for the steel girder that supports the bridge railing  the sun herald june 4 2007 p a2    early opening  in midjuly mdot officials announced that   absent of any unforeseen events the bridge will be released to us on or by november 1 we plan to open the bridge to the public on november 1  it is estimated that of the 85000 motorcars using us interstate 10 35000 of them would be using the new ocean springsbiloxi span  the sun herald july 15 2007 p a1  art work  the incipient concept for the 2007 span s artwork is that copper plates from the 1962 ocean springsbiloxi bay bridge will be etched with artists sketches and attached to the railing every quarter mile to of the bike and walking path in midaugust a call to local artists was issued by wayne brown mdot s commissioner for its southern mississippi district he said   it is my hope that the beautiful artwork by our talented local artists will encourage citizens and visitors to use the pedestrian walkway   both the mary cahill o keefe cultural center at ocean springs and the ohro keefe museum of art in biloxi are accepting artist s proposals for the bridge  the sun herald june 4 2007 p a2 and august 17 2007 p a2  opening day   bridge murals  mdot funded the city of ocean springs to erect four free standing decorative panels near the osyc and close to the base of the span s southeast side in late february 2009 mayor moran and wayne brown mdot executive introduced elizabeth veglia a mosaic artist as the director of the bridge panel project artists were notified that designs with a coastal theme had to be submitted by march 28 th   the sun herald february 25 2008 p a3 february 26 2008 p a3 and the ocean springs record february 28 2008 p a1   local artists selected to submit designs to ms veglia to create her four panel mosaic mural were christopher inglis stebly susie ranager ching walters and pat odom elizabeth veglia artist and project director installed two of the mural panels in late october the completed fourpanel work was dedicated on may 15 2009  the ocean springs record october 30 2008 p a3 and april 30 2009 p 4 and the sun herald december 7 2008 p f1 and may 16 2009 p a5  doggie ban  in september 2009 the ocean springs city council voted unanimously to prohibit dogs on the ocean springs portion of the biloxi bay bridge owners of pets not removing the excrement dropped by their canines on the walkway was the salient reason for this action the doggy bag disposal station was removed and a   no dogs   sign replaced it biloxi continued to allow dogs on its side of the span  the sun herald september 17 2009 p a1    references  books  after katrina rebuilding lives and infrastructure    mdot jackson mississippi2007  artists of the gulf coasta commemorative coloring book  mdot jackson mississippi2007  biloxi bay bridgeribbon tying ceremony  mdot jackson mississippi2007  mississippi renewal forum summary report  the town paper gaithersburg maryland2005  journals the bay press   on building bridges   guest editorial by biloxi mayor aj holloway     february 3 2006 p 1 the bay press   mdot inspects drawbridge   april 28 2006 p 3 the bay press   bridge viewers restricted to certain areas   september 1 2006 p 15 the bay press   biloxiocean springs bridge on schedule   august 24 2007 p 1 the bay press   new bridge to feature local artwork   august 24 2007 p 3 the bay press   bridging the gap   commemorative section october 25 2007 the mississippi press   os biloxi bridge project hits visible milestone   december 19 2006 the mississippi press   celebration   october 30 2007 p 1a the ocean springs record   bridge replacement process moves along   october 6 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   aldermen weigh second mdot bridge plan   october 13 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   ferry still on city wish list pending bridge   november 3 2005 p a7 the ocean springs record   moran ocean springs mdot must unite   november 3 2005 p a4 the ocean springs record  city ok may clear way for bridge  november 10 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   mdot not listening to ocean springs bridge issues mayor says   november 10 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   group questions bridge   november 17 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   mdot money woes cause bridge delay   december 1 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   brown defends mdot s sixlane plans   december 8 2005 p a1 the ocean springs record   bridge battles   january 5 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   studies of mdot data take issue with six lanes  january 5 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   residents speak out but board takes no action  january 5 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   sixlane bridge only option brown says   january 12 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   aldermen take on bridge plan tonight   january 12 2006 p a1  the ocean springs record   city acquiesces to sixlane bridge   january 19 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   city pursues temporary us 90 bridge   february 9 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   mdot to rebid bridge  march 9 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record     gene  taylor touts safety factor of mdot s bridge plans   may 18 2006 p a6 the ocean springs record   signature bridge pushed  august 3 2006 p a1 the ocean springs record   brrrbridge   january 18 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   bridge work on schedule   june 14 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   city s bridge party plans are under construction   october 11 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   search for   biloxi bay bridge celebration  money ends with success   october 25 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   bridging the gap   commemorative section october 25 2007 the ocean springs record   students celebrate bridge   november 1 2007 p a1 the ocean springs record   bridge party details announced   november 1 2007 p a3 the ocean springs record   postmark to commemorate bridgeopening milestone   november 1 2007 p a3 the ocean springs record   murals come to life  october 30 2008 p a3 the sun herald the sun herald   temporary ferry system under discussion   october 21 2005 p a10 the sun herald   bridge will have extras   november 3 2005 p a8 the sun herald   denyer megabridge not for os   november 16 2005 p a9 the sun herald   history future square off on design   december 1 2005 p a1 the sun herald   we can proceed mdot cities agree on bridge plan   december 7 2005 p a1 the sun herald   moran to oppose bridge in letter   december 7 2005 p a8 the sun herald   mdot s bridge plan backed   december 14 2005 p a16 the sun herald   os mayor battles sixlane bridge  december 23 2005 p a1  the sun herald   jackson county supports 6 lanes  december 29 2005 p a1  the sun herald   he s   wayne brown  no poet and he knows it  december 29 2005 p a3  the sun herald   moran to meet about bridge   january 2 2006 p a2 the sun herald   us 90 bridge project still in limbo   january 4 2006 p   a2 the sun herald   bridge design may not fly   january 4 2006 p   a2 the sun herald   bridge proposals to be submitted today   january 13 2006 p a3 the sun herald   aldermen support sixlane bridge   january 14 2006 p a1 the sun herald   if you can t raise the bridge   january 19 2006 p a2 the sun herald   drawbridge or no be prepared for delay   january 21 2006 p a1 the sun herald   bids on bridges come in high   january 24 2006 p a1 the sun herald   threat or truth   january 25 2006 p a1 the sun herald   lifespan   february 3 2006 p a1 the sun herald   mdot s way or the highway it seems   february 3 2006 p a10 the sun herald   biloxi bay bridge update   february 3 2006 p a10 the sun herald   mdot ups the ante to 95 feet   february 22 2006 p a1 the sun herald   bid may be let tuesday or not   february 23 2006 p a1 the sun herald   bridge s fate lies with feds attorneys   february 28 2006 p a2 the sun herald   mdot eases up on bridge   march 29 2006 p a4 the sun herald   before and after   katrina   biloxi bay bridge   april 1 2006 p a8 the sun herald   paving the way   april 8 2006 p a1 the sun herald   mdot cautious on ferries   april 20 2006 p a2 the sun herald   biloxi bay bridge coming   may 16 2006 p a2 the sun herald   mdot gets three bridge bids   may 27 2006 p a2 the sun herald   kc firm wins bid on bridge   june 6 2006 p a1 the sun herald   ferry service sinking   june 7 2006 p a2 the sun herald   old bridge is making new reefs   june 10 2006 p a1  the sun herald   biloxi bay bridge is on its way   june 17 2006 p a3 the sun herald   none of the above wins out on bridge   july 27 2006 p a1 the sun herald   moran presses her case for nicer bridge   july 29 2006 p a1 the sun herald   moran mdot agree on pretty bridge   august 19 2006 p 3 the sun herald   ferry work project bids come in high   september 12 2006 p a5 the sun herald   mdot set to let ferry contract   september 20 2006 p a2 the sun herald   cost of convenience   september 25 2006 p a1 the sun herald   ferry expected this afternoon   october 31 2006 p a1 the sun herald   ferry to set sail   november 1 2006 p a2 the sun herald   great day for a ferry ride   november 2 2006 p a2 the sun herald   bridge coming along   december 8 2006 p a2 the sun herald   bridge on schedule   february 8 2007 p a1 the sun herald    the sun herald   the missing link   may 2 2007 p a1 the sun herald   going up   may 3 2007 p a1 the sun herald   commemorative section spanning history  may 13 2007 15 pages the sun herald   biloxios to start planning bridge party   june 4 2007 p a2 the sun herald   mdot planning bridge dedication   june 6 2007 p a2 the sun herald   one dead one missing in bridge accident   bay st louis     june 15 2007 the sun herald   bridge work   bay st louis  halts probe begins   june 16 2007 p a1 the sun herald   bridge work   bay st louis  resumes today names of injured not released   june 19 2007 p a1 the sun herald   expect celebration to remember   june 24 2007 p a1 the sun herald   bridge may be open early   july 15 2007 p a1 the sun herald   bridge on schedule   august 17 2007 p a2 the sun herald   lighting to delay bay  bay st louis   bridge   october 2 2007 p a1 the sun herald   funding logo for bridge fete ok d   october 10 2007 p a8 the sun herald   moran calls on history in logo defense   october 11 2007 p a9 the sun herald   beam plunges off bridge into bay   october 18 2007 p a1 the sun herald   let s cross this bridge when we come to it   october 21 2007 p f4 the sun herald   cause unknown for bridge beam fall   october 22 2007 p a2 the sun herald   new bridge is already tagged   october 27 2007 p a3 the sun herald   political overtones for bridge opening  october 28 2007 p a1 the sun herald   reconnected   commemorative section     october 28 2007 p a1 the sun herald   four days to go  october 28 2007 p a1 the sun herald   biloxi bay bridge past and present  october 28 2007 p a7 the sun herald   new bridge bends at both ends  october 30 2007 p a1 the sun herald   bridge to open after day of parties  october 31 2007 p a10 the sun herald   ocean springs events   october 31 2007 p a10 the sun herald   together again  november 1 2007 p a1 the sun herald   so much more than a bridge   november 1 2007 p a1 the sun herald   bridge celebration highlights   november 1 2007 p a1 the sun herald   official mdot events  november 1 2007 p a8 the sun herald   biloxi events  november 1 2007 p a8 the sun herald   ocean springs events   november 1 2007 p a8 the sun herald   biloxi bay bridge is cause to celebrate   november 1 2007 p c2 the sun herald   open for business   november 2 2007 p a1 the sun herald   bridge opening biloxi  november 2 2007 p a6 the sun herald   the last missing link  november 2 2007 p a6 the sun herald   bridge opening biloxi  november 2 2007 p a6 biloxi the sun herald   bridge opening ocean springs  november 2 2007 p a7 the sun herald   a day to celebrate the days ahead   november 2 2007 p a7 2008 the ocean springs record   bridge in final phase artists called   february 28 2008 p a1 the sun herald   ocean springs calls for submissions for bridge art   february 25 2008 p a3 the sun herald   four artists work sought for bridge   february 26 2008 p a3 the sun herald   mdot expects to open all lanes monday   april 3 2008 p a2 2009 the ocean springs record   officials to dedicate mosaic bridge panels   april 30 2009 p 3 the ocean springs record   the biloxi bay bridge and all things considered   may 21 2009 p 3 the sun herald   mayoral hopefuls   moranwalker  debate bridge   may 24 2009 p a1 the sun herald   symbol of unity shouldn t divide ocean springs   may 24 2009 2009 p b2 the sun herald   os bans dogs from bridge   september 17 2009 p a1 the ocean springs gazette   dog ban on bridge spurs comments   september 24 2009 p 16 3021 views  