Campground, a Pavilion and a Gift Shop
MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Mississippi United States Highway #49 "Gulfport, Mississippi -TO- Yazoo City, Mississippi" Miles ITEM SUMMARY 0.0 Junction of US Highway 90 The community of Gulfport, MS. It is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. Gulfport was hit by the strong east side of Hurricane Katrina, on August 29, 2005, and much of Gulfport was flooded or destroyed. It is also home to the US Navy Seabees. Harbor Square Park. West to the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus. The campus is situated on sixty-five acres overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the site of the famous Friendship Oak - a magnificent live oak tree more than 500 years old. Phone: 228-865-4500. East to Tullis-Toledano Manor, also known as the Toledano-Philbrick-Tullis House. It was considered an example of Greek Revival architecture. The mansion was on the National Register of Historic Places until it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. William Carey College on the Coast. Founded in 1906 and operating for decades as Mississippi Woman's College, the institution was renamed in honor of the founder of modern missions in 1954 when the school became coeducational. The Mississippi Coast Coliseum. A 9,150-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1977. 1.2 Junction of 28th St, MS West to Naval Construction Battalion Center [NCBC] Gulfport. It serves as a support for operating units of the Naval Construction Force, specifically, Naval Mobile Construction Battalions ONE, SEVEN, SEVENTY-FOUR, and ONE THIRTY-THREE, TWENTIETH Naval Construction Regiment, the Naval Construction Training Center, and other smaller tenant activities.
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