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About Biloxi / Gulfport
The land stretching along Mississippi's Gulf Coast has evolved in numerous ways since the French settled here back in 1699. Today, glimpses of the area's storied past are evident in the weathered faces of the local fishermen and sprawling mansions surrounded by towering moss-draped oaks. Modernity, too, is represented... [read more]
Biloxi / Gulfport Factoid
Most people associate Mardi Gras with New Orleans, but the celebrations that go on along the Gulf Coast have an even longer history. The first Mardi Gras celebration in the New World occurred in 1699 in what is now Ocean Springs. Explorer Pierre LeMoyne D'Iberville and his crew were the only attendees; these days some of the larger parades on the Gulf Coast attract more than 80,000 people.