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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 ...
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.
Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center: Biloxi: Mississippi: 158,112 sq ft (14,689.1 m 2) 314,221 sq ft (29,192.1 m 2) Amarillo National Center/Tri-State Expo Center: Amarillo: Texas: 219,150 sq ft (20,360 m 2) 311,180 sq ft (28,910 m 2) SAFE Credit Union Convention Center: Sacramento: California: 159,709 sq ft (14,837.5 m 2)
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 ...
The downtown Joseph museum aims to transport visitors to the working logging town via artifacts such as preserved railroad track, slice-of-life sketches and a Maxville Wildcats baseball uniform.
L.O. Crosby Sr. (February 22, 1869 – November 24, 1948) was an American businessman and timber industrialist in Mississippi.During his 50 years as an active industrialist, Crosby owned thousands of acres of southern pine timberlands and numerous sawmills for converting trees into lumber.
[12] [32] In 1915, George Hume purchased a third Shay engine and more log cars and yarding engines, expanding the company's logging equipment to include 70 railroad cars, three locomotives, 12 steam donkeys, one McGiffert loader, and one railroad crane. The company hired 1,500 men for the 1916 season, preparing for one of its heaviest cuts on ...