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It was then Gulfport began to growl The first ship came
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in to dock! Captain Jones paid^a thousand, dollars and gave a guarantee against any and all damages done to the ship in docking. Captain Jones largely financed the 1905 trolley line that served the Mississippi Gulfcoast. The Harbor of Gulfport and the channel were built by Captain Jones at a cost of $1,603, 594.00 and on June 14, 1906 this harbor and channel was turned over to the Federal Government at a price of $150,000.00 j Gulfport has honored the memory of Capt. Jones with a monument facing the water front.
No	local history could	be	complete without a	weather and
health	report.	According	to one historian Harrison County
was acclaimed "the healthiest county in the united States".
Weather usually mild has had unusual seasons such as cold weather records for Harrison County in March 5, 1885 with sleet and snow storms, and again March 18, 1892 with sleet and snow doing great damage to vegetation. And hear this report for 1930:
Feb. 12,	1930 -	10	degrees with sleet	and snow at 9:00 a.m.
Feb. 13	4	degrees above zero	at 7:30 a.m.
Feb. 14 Snow
Feb. 15 — 39 degrees - heavy rain, east gale and fog.
I have enjoyed the pleasure of being your guest and invite you to visit our City-County Public Library in Bay St. Louis where you will find a modest section on Mississippi — it's history, it's poets and novelists — its maps and pictures. Come on down — you'll love it and you'll be welcomed cordially.