<div>There were&nbsp;<strong>681 students registered in the Biloxi Public schools</strong>&nbsp;in January 1902.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 8, 1902, p. 8)</div>

<div>In January,&nbsp;<strong>Thomas Bendelow</strong>&nbsp;(1868-1936), a Scotsman in the employ of A.G. Spaulding &amp; Sons of Chicago, arrived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and&nbsp;<strong>built two golf courses at Pass Christian and one at Biloxi</strong>&nbsp;on the J.H. Keller (1830-1908) property between Lee Street and Keller Avenue and north of the L&amp;N Railroad.&nbsp; The Biloxi course was nine-holes and only 1941 yards long and referred to as Keller's Green.(The Daily Picayune, January 12, 1902, p. 4 and The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 15. 1902, p. 1 and January 29, 1902, p. 8)</div>

<div><strong>The Bowers Bill, introduced by Eaton J. Bower</strong>s (1865-1939) of Bay St. Louis, was crafted for the conservation of the Mississippi oyster industry, passed in the State Legislature.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, February 6, 1902, p. 1)</div>

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<div><strong>Contract for the NBVM Catholic Church was let to J.F. Barnes &amp; Co.</strong>&nbsp;of Greenville and Biloxi for $15,558.&nbsp; Brick structure 132 feet by 55 feet, 60 feet tall, and bell tower 140 feet tall.&nbsp; <strong>Architect Theo Brune</strong> (1854-1932) of NOLA.&nbsp; Bid did not include: overhead ceiling, plastering, and wainscoting.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, February 7, 1902, p. 1)</div>

<div>In May 1901, C.S. Jackson of the&nbsp;<strong>Detroit Photo Company made color images of Biloxi landmarks</strong>: Beauvoir, Light House, and interior of the G.E. Ohr pottery.&nbsp; Exhibition of these images held at the Montross Hotel in February 1902.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, February 25, 1902, p. 8)</div>

<div>The&nbsp;<strong>$125,000 Federal Building, a post office, customs house, and Federal court,</strong>&nbsp;for Biloxi was approved on June 6th.(The Biloxi Herald, March 31, 1908, p. 1)</div>

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<div class="rtecenter"><strong>Joseph E. Combel Hardware Store</strong></div>

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<div>[Founded at Biloxi in May 1902 by Joseph E. Combel (1853-1938), native of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on left in image. Uriah S. Joachim (1888-1977) et al acquired the business on West Howard and Magnolia in March 1918. &nbsp;Mr. Joachim became sole proprietor in 1948 and renamed the enterprise <strong>Combel's Merchandise Mart</strong>. Courtesy of Donna Maria Wagner Wallace-Scotia, New York]</div>

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<div><strong>Florestile Boullemet Howard</strong>&nbsp;(1824-1902), native of England, and <strong>mother of Biloxi philanthropist's Frank T.&nbsp;Howard</strong>(1855-1911) and <strong>Harry T. Howard (1856-1930)</strong>, expired on April 28th.</div>

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<div>The&nbsp;<strong>Summer Pavilion, a public recreational facility situated in the water&nbsp;</strong>between Reynoir and Croesus Street, opened on June 18th.&nbsp; It was 104 feet by 40 feet with a lofty roof and an awning on its perimeter.&nbsp; Dances were held on Tuesday and Friday.&nbsp; <strong>Charles M. Wilkes </strong>was the manager.(The Biloxi Herald, June 14, 1902, p. 8)</div>

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<div><strong>Reverend J.B. Brooks of the Israelite M.E. Church </strong>and his committee planned to <strong>submit to the Biloxi City Council on July 1st, a petition signed by residents in the vicinity of Main Street and Division Street</strong> protesting <strong>Sunday baseball games by Black players</strong>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, July 2, 1902, p. 1) &nbsp;</div>

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<div>The<strong>Biloxi Sanatorium was chartered in June</strong> by Dr. H.M. Folkes (1871-1926), Harry Turner Howard (1856-1930), W.K.M. Dukate, (1852-1916), Lazaro Lopez (1850-1903), Dr. M.C. Talbot, and James H. Neville.(The Biloxi Herald, July 5, 1902, p. 2)&nbsp;</div>

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<div>The&nbsp;<strong>corner stone was laid on November 27th for a new school building on Point Cadet&nbsp;</strong>financed by Harry T. Howard (1856-1930), philanthropist.(The Daily Herald, November 26, 1902, p. 6)</div>

<div>The&nbsp;<strong>Mississippi State Oyster Commission was organized</strong>&nbsp;on September 1, 1902.&nbsp; <strong>Robert M. Mosley</strong> (1865-1910), native of Kemper Co., Mississippi and <strong>two term Biloxi Marshal</strong> and former policeman at Meridian, was the Chief Oyster Inspector from 1902 until his demise in November 1910.(The Daily Herald, December 1, 1910, p. 1)</div>

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<div>The <strong>Biloxi Electric Street Railway &amp; Power Company was charted </strong>on December 17th by J.M. Bell, John Carraway (1873-1931), E.C. Joullian (1863-1931), Lazaro Lopez (1850-1903), W.K.M. Dukate (1852-1916), et al.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Chattel Deed Bk. 5, p. 339)</div>