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It is difficult to talk about Bay St. Louis without making mention of its past. Bay St. Louis is really a historical spot first known inhabitants were Choctaw Indians who called the place Chicapoula^/meaning the place of bad grass), "^ater named Bay St. Louis in honor of the Sainted King Louis IX. Sandwiched in between the town was known as Shieldsboro. Chartered both as Bay St. Louis and as Shieldsboro at various times, the
post office is said to have received mail an ?Nn inntTn<?"rfnijr with each of these addresses honored. Even recently there was a group wishing to restore the name Shieldsboro. Drive by the City Hall and note the Sheildsboro marker. Also Thomas Shields (keeper of
developed commercial area, Shieldsboro Square, and Second Street's Shieldsboro Antique Arcade.
In December 1799 d'Iberville placed a few families in Bay St. Louis. The first written record dates a bit earlier when in 1781 Philip Saucier got a land grant within the limits of the present city.
the light house) is also remembered in the naming of a newly