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Now our bus is stopping for the traffic light at the beginning of Bay St. Louis corporate limits.
See the sign? It says ^"Gateway to the Gulf Coast".
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Bay Saint Louis is a small citwand has been known by three names. The Choctaw Indians called it "Chi ca Poula" (meaning the place of the bad grass).
I suppose they were referring to rockachaws and sand spur grasses.^/Then, for a time it went by the name of Shieldsboro — In the year 1790 Thomas Shields got possession of a grant on the shore of Bay St. Louis. Apparently he was a man of influence and popularity and the area became known as Shieldsboro in his honor. For years there was continuous bickering @h. which name the town should be known^fcs?. And postmasters received letters addressed both ways at the same time. Then in 1858 the town was incorporated under the name Shieldsboro — the same charter is being used today with the name Bay St. Louis. We otlll hetvg-a Tew die-hard* whQwlth-aerious face argue it would best ^be oeriired "Tha—.shieldsboro11. .