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population and here the Souther no r, northerner and Westerner understand
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each other,perhapsrbetter thiui in any other section of the country.The railway facilities ©f the county are good. Hot content with the navigable water outlets,the county boasts two main lines of the ‘best railway systems in the South,the Louisville and Hashville,aod the Haw Orleans and Northeastern.
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The county-seat of Hancock is Bay St, Louis. It is sometimes
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referred to as its capital. It is one of the most important and
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attractive of the Gulf Coast cities. In,addition to its social and
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intellectual advantages,it is noted for its progress along all commercial and industrial lines. With the best transportation facilities, "both by rail and water,an ideal health-giving climate,a sea beach unexcelled for its beauty and fine bathing,it is an ideal place of residence and has become a celebrated health resort. Located on the Bay of St, Louis,which was named for Louis of Prance,it received its name from that source. It is situated on the Louisville & Nash-
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ville Railroad,52 miles east of Hew Orleans. Its canneries supply many
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markets beyoq^its borders with oysters,shrimp,fish,fruit and vege-
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tables. The business life and financial standing of the city are
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second to none of its size in the State,while all the improvements
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and luxuries of modern civilization have been acquired for its use.
St, Louis is well supplied with churches and schools,which
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include St. Stanilaus College,a convent and a commercial school. This delightful little city also has an historical past that is note worthy.
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The naval battle of 1814,whlch included the City of Bay St. Louis, formed with the exception of the Battle of Hew Orleans,the principal scene of action that marked Jackson*s Coast Campaign during the War of 1812,all of which occurred in Mississippi waters and is designated by
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historim s as the naval engagement of Mississippi Sound,1814.	#	Aa
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excerpt from the Encyclopedia of Mississippi's given in a foot-note, that the reader may have some idea of the position that Mississippi's sea coast occupied in Jackson's campaign whioh culminated in the War of 1812,
#	Commodore Daniel T, Patterson had been in command,from near the beginning of the war,of*,,what ..there was of the United States navy on the Hew Orleans station. The insignificance of the naval force anywhere was the main cause of the humiliation of America. In 1812 there had been begun the building of a flat-bottomed frigate,or gunboat,in Lake Ponchartrain,to carry forty-two cannon,but the construction had been suspended,desptie the protests of Patterson and Claiborne. Patterson had a few gunboats when the time of need arrived,a mere shadow of naval strength compared to the British armament. A letter was sent him
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