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2. Mississippi Gulf Coast - Wikipedia

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   In the 20th century, Keesler Air Force Base brought development to the region. Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969, and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 caused historic destruction to the Gulf Coast. Originally dubbed "America's Riviera", the Mississippi Gulf Coast gained prominence in the early 1900's as a gambling and tourist mecca, an ...

3. Gulfport, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Two villages predated the founding of Gulfport: Mississippi City, located along the gulf, and Handsboro, founded in the 1800s along the northern bayous. [5] [6] Mississippi City was born out of the Mississippi City Company that was formed in 1837 to build a town to serve as the terminus for the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.

4. Biloxi, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Biloxi Blues is the story of army recruits during World War II training at Keesler Field, the present-day Keesler Air Force Base. Biloxi is the setting of several John Grisham novels, including The Runaway Jury (1996), The Partner (1997), and The Boys from Biloxi (2022).

5. List of places in Arkansas: L - Wikipedia

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   Little Green Store 1 Mississippi County Little Italy: 2 Perry County: 72016 Little Italy: 2 Pulaski County: 72135 Little Red: 1 White County: 72121 Little River: 1 Mississippi County: 72442 Little River Country Club: 1 Little River County: 71866 Little Rock: 1 Pulaski County: 72200 72297 Little Rock Air Force Base: 1 Pulaski County: 72076 ...

6. Tunica Resorts, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   The 2011 Mississippi River floods damaged casino resort buildings and infrastructure in this community. While the casinos float and escaped most damage, the hotels' towers and surrounding businesses are on land. Some of the hotels had major flooding on the lower floors, including the Harrah's Casino Tunica, which was under nearly six feet of ...

7. Ouachita Mountains - Wikipedia

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   The Fourche Mountains (EPA Level IV ecoregion 36d) are a long, continuous chain of east-west mountains composed of the weather-resistant Jackfork Sandstone. They extend from Pulaski County, Arkansas to Atoka County, Oklahoma and are home to several popular sites of interest, including Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little Rock, Arkansas .