BILOXI  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, U.S.A., in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on Biloxi See also:

• BAY

Bay, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Mississippi See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, which is a part of the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico . By See also:

• RAIL

rail it is 8o m . N.E. of New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans and 61 m . S.E. of See also:

• MOBILE

Mobile, See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama . Pop . (188o) 1540; (1890) 3234; (1900) 5467 (949 be- See also:

• ING

ing negroes and 455 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born) ; (1910) 7988 . The city is served by a branch of the See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville & See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville railway, and by an electric railway extending to Bay St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, through Gulfport (pop., 1900, 1o6o; 191o, 6386), 13 m . S.W., the See also:

• PORT

port of entry of the See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

Pearl See also:

• RIVER

River customs See also:

• DISTRICT

district, whose exports, chiefly See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• LUMBER

lumber, See also:

• NAVAL

naval stores and See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal, were valued at $8,392,271 in 1907 . Biloxi is both a summer and a See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter resort, particularly for the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of New Orleans and Mobile, and has a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BEACH

beach, extending for about 12 M. around its See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, and bordered by an automobile drive; along the beach are some attractive residences, hotels and boarding houses, and several sanatoriums . The city's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are the See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

canning of oysters, See also:

• SHRIMP

shrimp, See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, See also:

• FIGS

figs and vegetables, and the manufacture of fertilizers and See also:

• FLOUR

flour . A beautiful thin See also:

• FAIENCE

faience with remarkable metallic glazes is made here . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works, the water being obtained from artesian See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells .

See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706) in 1699 built Fort See also:

• MAUREPAS, JEAN FREDERIC PHELYPEAUX, COMTE DE (1701-1781)

Maurepas across the bay from the See also:

• PRESENT

present city; and the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement there, called Biloxi after the Biloxi See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, was the first to be established by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in this region . In 1702 this See also:

• POST

post, known as Old Biloxi, was abandoned, and the seat of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was removed to the Mobile river . In 1712 a settlement was made on the present site, being the first permanent settlement within what is now the state of Mississippi . Many of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early settlers were French Canadians, who came down the Mississippi to join the new See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony . Biloxi was again the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital from 1719 until 1722 . It was incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in 1872, and was chartered as a city in 1896 .