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street; the back parts, supported by heavy pilings, stand 30 feet above the base of the hill. Facing the Gulf from the first block W. of the Louisville & Nashville R.R. track is the CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE GULF, the center ot the largest Roman Catholic parish in the State, with 3,000 communicants. The red brick structure, whose construction continued from 1908 to 1926, is designed in the Italian Renaissance style. The interior is beautifully furnished, the stained glass windows having been imported from Germany. West of the church and also facing the Gulf is ::TANISL<li'S COLLEGE, an accredited bovs’ boarding school of :*sh school standing. The school was founded in 1854 by the Brothers of "-acred Hear: an»i aimed for Father Louis Stanislaus Marie Buteux. the . -;c -‘.’sident priosc in the territory. Adjoining the church on the E. in a '.hitt: building oi Romanesque design, three stories high, set well - ic< from :!’r: Iv.mch. is the ni.-.'in bunding of ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY 1 .iris' -chcoi of accredited high .'hoc! rank. T!;e Sisters of St. Joseph i.-i ,n charge .he sJioei. A: die of the ac.vicrnv. .mnroached by an avenue of cwiarj. is the SliR!\E Of CUR LADY OF THE WOODS. Honoring the Blessed Virgin, in fulfillment of r. vow made for the salvation of the vessel on which he was .-eturning from France. Father Buteux •: recced this .shrine in ^-iiat .vas the.t :he wilderness. The statue, made ot piaster of Paris and protected only by .1 small dome, has stood for more than 60 years without damage. ST. AUGUSTINE SEMINARY. 0.2 m. from bridge, is a Catholic school where Negro boys are trained for the' :.-riesthood- The school has several acres of landscaped grounds and a number of commodious buildings grouped about the two-story red brick administration building. It is said to have been richly endowed by a Northern woman
Z.eit from Bav St. Louis ’n ;he Hancock Co. ;ea-wail drive is WAVELAND, 2.4 r;. (15 alt., '563 pop.), :he home 01 many New Orleans people during the hot months from June to September. Since Waveland is closer to New Orleans than • ■ther Gulf Coast cities, hundreds of business men come here with their families rp iive in houses and apartments, commuting to New Orleans. Life in Waveland is simple, gravitating laztlv around swimming, fishing, and house parties. Immediately after Labor Day the people return to New Orleans with the certainty, precision. and celerity of a regiment breaking camp. At 2.6 m. is the PIRATE'S HOl'SE t’->pen by jppointmeril), built in 1802 by a New Orleans business man 4Vmn"7s'~alleged to have been the overlord of the Gulf Coast pirates. At one time, legend says, a secret tunnel led from the house to the waterfront. Recently restored. the house is a perfect example of Louisiana planter type, with a brick ground story and an outside stairway leading >0 the first floor. The outer walls are covered with white stucco; square, white frame columns support the gallery, -vhich runs the length of the house. The three dormer windows on the front are beautifully proportioned, and the iron grillwork forming the banisters is remi-•uscent of that in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
GULFSIDE, 3.6 at. (R), is an unusual institution. The plant, which includes several hundred acres of land, a number of buildings, and a mile and a quarter of Gulf frontage, is the only stretch of beach in Mississippi owned and controlled bv Negroes. Gulfside is essentially a summer school; the only work done during the winter is bv the pupils of the school for retarded boys, who pay their expenses by keeping grounds and buiidings in order. During the summer, classes are held
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Girl Reserves The work done by the i.-mner scrum! recognir..-.! bv the -t i:c Dcpartrri . f Education it Lou: Ian.i ;P'.i Mississippi, and ;r<.iJ11■; .ire allowed. Religion* T.nhasis is ::r nc. out -io tf.;' is H.’.^cd .>n Jenomin.trion.ii lines At a Song	-i'1:ai!v < n the u<t	r." in Auivist. spirituals are sung by a c!.>. ras
made up : Negro church choirs and college jU-e clubs.
At ~.S is LAKESHORE and the mouth of BAYOl’ CADET, where tall anc winter fishing for speckled tiout is excellent.
Between 3ay St. Louis and the Louisiana Line US 90 h a Hat straight stretch of road running through cut-over pine lands. That the second growth pine is already being weilworked for turpentine is evidenced by the many slashed trees along the road.
At 73.5 n. is the junction with a graveled road.
Left on this road to the Gulfview School. 2.5 m.: R. here -n a dirt road through pine and stump barrens, past the post office at Anslcy. 5.5 and through two pasture gates, at 10.9 to a trail fork; R. on the trail to the oid PLAST ATIOS
HOME, o 2 m.. once belonging to Col. J. F. H. Claiborne. Mississippi s pioneer	(OV*-
historian, 'n 1— t 2 John B. Saucij^_settled here on Mulatto Bavou. and in the	ij
17,So s ha.! his title confirmed bythe Spanish authorities. He buiit "he house to-	/q y.
/ore 1S00. taking timber from the pine wf>mls about him and tlrir.g h;S o^n brick	' “7
with the help of slaves. The house show^ Spanish inllu-.nce in its main :loor, propped hith 011 open brick piers in tTie West InJian manner-A single flight of * steps rises to the gallery with toothpick columns, running	across the front. The J ^
hipped tin roof is broken in front bv two dormers and is	topped by a plain box	/
observatory. The rooms are large and open otf a central hall.
At Jackson ; Landing on Mulatto Bayou, just a mile from	the house, is seen the
long circle ■■? earthworks thrown up bv Andrew Jackson	in 1S14 to ^uard the
mouth of Pearl River from British assault. Colonel Claiborne bought the house in he iS.ic ■ hi : :ive ! -i it until tS-’. writing his best book; iurine :his period.