The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-05-23
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BIOGRAPHICAL petition.
Mississippi-"Fair Land Of th
south ~ lies between Tenr essce o.
the north and the Gull Of Mexico OF
the south, extending from the west
ern border Of Alabama to the sweep
ing water Of the mighty Mississippi
Its greatest length is bout fou
hundred miles, and the averag,
breadth one hundred and fify miles
embracing an area Of Al, ,156 square
miles, or 30,179,S40 acres. Numer
Gus island lying outside Of the State
and forming the southern limit o
the Mississippi Sound, belong to the
State. 1t is named for the Missis
sippi River, so called IRON the In
dian Micho Sepe, and interpreted the
Great River
HISTORIC SKETCH.
Mississippi was settled by the French
the first permanent settlemen being
at Fort Rosalie, now Natchez.
Prior to this, however, the French
had es ablished Two or three small
forts on the Miss ssippi. The colo
MES grew but slowly, and were not
attended with the prosperity which
their founders so fond!y ali Anticipated
for them. Indian hostilities proved
their bane fer a succession of years,
unlil having erected a new and
stronger fort at Natchez, the French
commander followed up his advan-
tage over the savage foe and took
nearly five hundred prisoners, among
whom were several chiefs, sent them
to st Domingo and sold them into
slavery. From this time the colo
MES prospered, and settlements rap
idly extended along the fertile banks
of tue beautiful river A new era of
prosperity dawned upon them which
continued to increase, though many
times hinGered by Indian marauders,
until Mississippi was finally admitted
into The Union as an independent
State, in December, 1917.
TOPOGRAPHY.
There are no mountains in the
State, but numerous ranges of hills
give to part of the surface an undu.
lating and beautifully diversified app
In the north, the land is
billy and broken, in the eastern and
central portions it is kind of table,
land, The shores near the mouth of
the Pascagoula and Pearl rivers are
low and somewhat sandy. The Mis-
ssippi sea coast or shore is also
sandy, but very productive, elevated |
above the highest tides and covered |
almost to the waters edge In places,
with "a dense growth of Pile, live
oak, and magnolia. Where the
Pearl and Pascagoula debouche into
The Sound, there are extensive mar
shes, all oil which, however, are, sus.
,eptible of reclamation, and will,
with proper cultivation anj care,
rival the famous regions of the Nile. |
The intervening country, irrigated |
by numerous tide-water streams, is
level, but dry. producing most lux
nriant vegetation, and a colossal
growth OF yellow pine.
1t is certainly one of the health,
lest districts in the world, q most in
viting section for lumbermcn, herds
men and husbandmen. The tract
contiguous 10 the Mississippi River
consists of numerous hills. verv ir-
scattered over The surface.
aud rising from so to $50 feet above
the narrow low tract which in some
places line the river course. The
hills whose base is washed by the
Mississippi, are called bluffs" and
this entire region is generally known
by this name. 1t extends from ten
to twenty-five miles inland. and is Of
great fertility, being covered with
magnificent forests of oak, ash, rop-
lar. maple, hickory, tulips, grass, cyp.