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Finkbine Lumber Company sawmill, Wiggins, Mississippi, circa 1920 Virgin longleaf pines near Wiggins, MS, c. 1900. Up until the 20th century, the virgin pine forests of south Mississippi were virtually untouched by man, because there was no efficient system for transporting cut logs from the forests to sawmills for conversion to lumber.
[16] [14] Mississippi Governor John Bell Williams declared October 31, 1969 as "Seabees Awards Day". [17] US Navy 050902-N-0000X-017 A U.S. Navy Seabee uses a traxcavator to remove debris from Hurricane Katrina on board Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport, Miss. On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina arrived at Gulfport for a two ...
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Gulfport, Mississippi (map center) is east of Long Beach, west of Biloxi, along the Gulf of Mexico. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city had a total area of 64.2 sq mi (166.4 km 2 ), of which 56.9 sq mi (147.4 km 2 ) is land and 7.3 sq mi (19.0 km 2 ) (11.40%) is water.
The company owned approximately 160 miles (260 km) of standard gauge main rail line, 147 miles (237 km) of branch lines and 106 miles (171 km) of track in Gulfport. [3] The primary rail line began at Gulfport and extended northward to Jackson, Mississippi, with branch lines connected to the towns of Maxie, Mendenhall, and Laurel.
Mississippi Power is an investor-owned electric utility and a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company. [2] Mississippi Power Company (MPC) is headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. Mississippi Power has more than 1,000 employees and serves most of the cities, towns, and communities within the 23 counties of southeast Mississippi.
By the 1920s, the vast timber resources of south Mississippi had been depleted, and booming lumber towns, such as McHenry, faded rapidly. A series of fires crippled the business district in McHenry and contributed to its demise. [3] In 1903, a fire of unknown origin destroyed 17 businesses. In 1930, another fire almost destroyed the entire town.