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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.
The company closed its Moss Point sawmill in 1942, and moved the company office to Ten Mile, [9] near Perkinston, Mississippi. There they opened a new sawmill. [ 2 ] During World War II, Dantzler Lumber Company entered into a contract with the War Department to use labor from the prisoner-of-war camp in Saucier, Mississippi for stacking ...
Mississippi Coast Coliseum is an 11,500-seat reserved seating, 15,000 festival seating, multi-purpose arena in Biloxi, Mississippi. It was built in 1977. It was built in 1977. It hosted the WCW Beach Blast in 1993 and the Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament in 1992 and 1993.
Fernwood Lumber Company had its beginning in the 1870s when John Fletcher Enochs and his son, Isaac Columbus Enochs, started a lumber business near Crystal Springs in Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] Between 1880 and 1920, Fernwood Lumber Company became one of the largest lumber operations in south Mississippi with investments in timberland ...
CoastCon brings guests to its convention each year. [5] CoastCon past guests include stars of many areas of interest to fandom. [6] A short list of past guests include (in no particular order): actress Nicki Clyne, author David Drake, author David Weber, artist John Picacio, actress Virginia Hey, actress Gigi Edgley, actor Peter Mayhew, game designer Mike Mearls, author Michael Moorcock, actor ...
When the town was founded by a logging company in 1924, Black people were not permitted to live or work in the state. Nevertheless, the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. brought in 50 to 60 Black workers ...
Magnolia Hotel (Biloxi, Mississippi) Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant; Margaritaville Resort Biloxi; Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum; Mercy Cross High School (Biloxi, Mississippi) Mississippi Coast Coliseum
The Swan River Logging Company was established in 1892 along the confluence of the Swan and Mississippi Rivers near Jacobson, Minnesota. A landing had been in use for many years, taking travelers to farmsteads and towns all along the way. The steamboats used cord wood to fuel the vessels.