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5. BEAUVOIR
Beauvoir, also known as the Jefferson Davis Home, is an expansive 51-acre estate on Biloxi Beach, also housing a museum, nature trail, cemetery, monument, and gift shop, in addition to the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library.
Coastal Tip: Golf carts are available for rent at Beauvoir’s gift shop to accommodate guests and their unique needs.
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6. CHARNLEY- NORWOOD HOUSE The Charnley-Norwood House in Ocean Springs is a Louis Sullivan/Frank Lloyd Wright original design, heralded as the first Modernist home.
7. GULFPORT
Gulfport is the second-largest city in Mississippi with a population of nearly 72,823 residents as of 2023.
9. MARITIME HISTORY
Coastal Mississippi has a rich maritime history, with the Port of Gulfport being an active seaport since 1902. The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi showcases the seafood industry’s impact on the Coast.
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8. COASTAL MISSISSIPPI IN 1699
French explorer Pierre Le Moyne D’Iberville first colonized Coastal Mississippi in 1699, somewhere around Ocean Springs.
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