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nancocK County Historical Society P 0 Box 312
Bay St Louis Mississippi 39520
January 26	1995
Mr. Terry Firsching Box 667
Cloudcroft, New Mexico 88317
Dear Mr Firsching:
It was a pleasure talking to you yesterday afternoon A further check of the computer confirms what your father said about tne ice company and bottling works (Lnciosure #1)
I	have enclosaa a Hancock County Mississippi map the reverse side of wnich is the city of Bay St Louis Also a Xerojs. of the section of Bay St Louis along tne oeacn (Enclosure #2) The numbers written on this copy should show tne locations of tne numbers in brackets [ J in this Letter
Lnciosure #3 SKETCH BOOK OF HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI further confirms tne accuracy of your fatner s remembrances On page 19 Mr. George Firsching is mentioned prominently I regret that I did not find this entry whue we were talking As the first page in the SKETCH BOOK explains this book is extremely rare and cannot be bought because we made so few of them and no other originals have yet been found However I have three personal copies and will give one to you since your Grandfather is in it It is copy #20 [13] deMontluzin Drug Store on page 11 was destroyed in Hurricane Camille in 19S9
[10]	W L Bourgeois Store on page 11 building was destroyed in'"Hurricane Camille 1969
[29]	Stokoe Home on page 712 S Beach Blvd is presently owned by Judge Mike Haas
[9] Power Drug Score, page 13 was destroyed in Camille
[4]	Drake Horae 116 Ulman Ave Presently standing L 6 J Tulane Hotel	page	17	216	N	Beach	Blvd	Burned
[30]	Klock Hotel	page	18	800	S	Beach Torn	down
Private home presently on site
[1]	Peerless Oyster Co. page 19 Bay Wave Land Yacht CLub presently on site [6] Hancock Bank,	page	20	100	S	Beach	Bivd	corner	of
Main St Built 1899 unchanged to present day
[33]	Hancock County Court House page 21 built in 1911 Presently in use as court house 114 j Merchants bank, 205 South Beach Blvd Has been painted white, but is still Merchants bank . I noticed that Mr Firsching is mentioned in tne article on the cannery as being a stockholder in this bank L13 J Perkins home, page 23 Torn down in 1953 to make way for the new bridge Shown also in ALONG THE GULF ON page
II as belonging to von Gohren
[22]	St Stanislaus, page 23	Drawing of the new building