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BILCT'T WITH 2500 RESIDENTS GROWS TO *+,000 IN SUMMER --HISTORY — SEVERAL HOTELS —
FOUR CANNING FACTORIES — E X.C ELL ENT HU NT ING 1886
Louisville & Nashville R. R. Biloxi, Miss. 1886
A ride of teri.jninutes or nine jniles east-ward-in a lightning express train of "the Louisville'S: Nashville Railroad, brought our party from Mississippi City to the ancient and thriving town of Biloxi, the next in the chain of prominent Southern watering places along this route.
Montrose Hotel
From the railroad depot at Biloxi a self-sacrificing and philanthropic young hack-driver conducted us in his vehicle to the	Montrose Hotel, located	on the sea front of	the	town.
After a refreshing dip	in the tossing salt	sea	near the mouth
of Biloxi Bay, the vielders of cr.ayon, or earner av, and of^pen,- sought out some of the most prominent points of the”'pla’ce, reviewed some of the o.uaint old colonial records for its history, and interviewed a few of the leading citiaens on the subject of its modern resources, attractions, and patronage as a pleasure resort.
Before commencing this	descriptive article	the	writer	takes
occasion to acknowledge the	obligations under which	he was	placed
by the kindness of Major W. T. Walthall, a gentleman of rare attainments, and an “author richly stored with the chronicler's lore; to an enterprising host,	J^pntrose,	and to Hr.,,Elmer,
Representative in.^the Mississippi. Legislature from Harrison County.
Biloxi Location
The modern town of Biloxi, like nearly all the noted resorts and towns of the Mississippi seacoast, is situated on a peninsula. That on vhich this town is placed is from one to tvo^miles..in width,
and about six in „length, lying almost	y?est.
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The southern side or noint of this peninsula is washed by the waves of the Gulf or Mexico, or the Sound, breaking on a sloping sandy beach.
Its eastern end on which the town is chiefly located projects into Biloxi Bay, while its northern shores are bounded by the
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