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Gulfport: Built in 1944-45, the hangar was used to train combat crews to operate the B-29 Superfortress. From 1947-63, it was the passenger terminal for the Gulfport Municipal Airport. 22: Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District: Gulfport Harbor Square Commercial Historic District
Along with William H. Hardy, Jones co-founded the City of Gulfport as the railroad's southernmost terminal and had a deep-water channel dredged in the Gulf of Mexico, creating a harbor and the port of Gulfport. [3] [5] Gulfport Panorama in 1912, showing the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Building (left) and Great Southern Hotel (right)
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.
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 historic Turkey Creek community is surrounded by large urban developments that include the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport to the south, U.S. Route 49 to the west, and an industrial seaway on the north. [3] The Historic District is a residential area situated along Rippy Road and is associated with freshwater marsh and coastal ...
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-day stay.
Mississippi City cemetery is located at 232, 32 1 ⁄ 2 Street in Gulfport As of 2016, there were about 880 graves in the cemetery, with the earliest burials dating from the 1840s. [ 18 ] Notable interments include Blind Roosevelt Graves (1909–1962) [ 19 ] and Confederate veterans from the American Civil War. [ 20 ]