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  2. 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). A substantial portion of Larry Brown's novel Fay is set in Biloxi.

  3. Biloxi people - Wikipedia

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    Biloxi Indians (language) The Biloxi tribe are Native Americans of the Siouan language family. They call themselves by the autonym Tanêks(a) in Siouan Biloxi language. When first encountered by Europeans in 1699, the Biloxi inhabited an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico near what is now the city of Biloxi, Mississippi.

  4. Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    The Beauvoir estate, built in Biloxi, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico, was the post-war home (1876–1889) of the former President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis. The National Park Service designated the house and plantation as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. [4] Samuel Dorsey, a planter, purchased the estate ...

  5. Biloxi Slang - AOL

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    Getty Images Biloxi, a small but important city on Mississippi's Gulf Coast, has been reincarnated many times since its founding in the early 1700's, but it has always remained the "Playground of ...

  6. Beau Rivage (Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    Beau Rivage was one of the few still recognizable buildings remaining on Biloxi's coast. In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina and in the wake of the catastrophic damage to the coast's casinos in the hurricane, the Mississippi state legislature changed its laws regarding the placement of casinos. Instead of having to be on barges on the ...

  7. 9 Best Things to Do in Biloxi, Mississippi - AOL

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  8. Biloxi Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    Biloxi Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Biloxi, Mississippi, adjacent to the Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico. [3] The lighthouse has been maintained by female keepers for more years than any other lighthouse in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 [2] and declared a Mississippi Landmark in ...

  9. 'Shrimp fraud' rampant at many Gulf Coast restaurants, new ...

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    In Biloxi, 82% of the restaurants "were defrauding consumers about what they were buying," SeaD said. In Galveston, 59% of the 44 restaurants it sampled served imported shrimp while claiming they ...