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territory was at ot)e time more than 2,000 peopla. The uavfldll on th* bank* of the river yas operated continouely from 1850 for al»oat 100 yes^a*
During th* days of prosperity the Weston lumber Coapanjr paid iti fcsm on the firrt and fifteenth of each month. On those dates, ltiggira wanned ty Italian fruit fceddlera fifom Nov Orl&ane would come up the rivar carrying fruit, v&£*tables, fish, tyeteri, and other foods, While one ped<£L*r stayed on th© boat to keep store'the others paddled their wares fron doo* to door.
These boats wire not the only ones whp did a thriving business on pay day, Th«r« was * floating 8»l<ion which was operated on a barge wored cn the weat bank of the river tmde* ^he proteotlon of Louisiana. Since ylejiasippi forfckde the sale or intoxicants within five irdles of a school, the barges stayed or, th* Louisian* #ida, These were also flourishing daya for the "taxi*" of those tims* which were-'oar-prcpelled ekiffs oarrying euatomera to and f?o» the saloon boat* j
In 1962 the property of the entire town was bought by the U,Sf Government fta a aite for toting rocket engines. Many old historic hones had to be torn down, including the Settle Xooh Hone which had "bean built about I84O, 1^* original part of the Ihouse consisted of two roofcs constructed of loge* L«sn-to« end ell* connected to th# house by latticed porches gave it a rabbling appearance, The kitchen floor Vas wade of timbers thirty inches wide and several inches thick, having'been taken from ft flat-boat that had drifted down Pearl Slver. The housa vas furnished vith old relics, soae of theh having been brought froft Demr.arV by Mr, Koch,
NAPOLI.?'..
Leaated six riles north of Pearlington, thii *ite waa settled In 1796 when Siwon Favre received a grant frorc the Spanish Government, on the Pearl River vihat later became the town of Napoleon, When Pavrft came here It is said that he hAd two wives, on# of thera Indian,
Noel and John J. Jordan played an important part in ttie early settlement ' this coi'runityj the Jordan River being named for the two brothers,
NECAISE
located nineteen miles north of Say St, Louis,
PEARLINGTON
Located about nineteen tftJles southwest of Bay St, Louis, Pearlington was neted for the fresh-water pearls found along the nearby river bank. The place was once called tittle Jerusalem for the proud class of people who lived here, pearlington y&g one of the pioneering lurcher towns of this once-important lur* baring area and later was the terminal for a Louiaiana-yjLssiasippi auto-ferry, now: extingt,
Mcny large l^lve oak trees covered with Spanish Moss, along vith aowe of th* largest and oldest Cwnelie-Japonioas on tha Mississippi Coast grow in and erounJ Pearlington,
SANTA ROSA
?Wita Rosa rarks the Mississippi part of Honey Island Swa^p, a wildlife refuge ard for *any years the refuge of pirate bands aa powerful if not so notorious as the l^fittes of Louisiana, The King of Honey Island Swanp and of all the outlaws living there was Pierre Rarr.eau,
SELLERS
Sellers was the aite of a large vocational high Bohool located on the linfc between Hancock and Harrison Counties. The school waa approximately thirty jnll#s