St Martin High School history

158, the Ladner tract was later confirmed by an Act of Congress in March 1819, when the area was part of the United States.

Jean-Baptise Ladner married Julienne LaFontaine (1795-1846+), the daughter of Auguste LaFontaine and Catherine Bourgeois, the Widow LaFontaine.

Upon the death of the Widow LaFontaine circa 1847, Jean Baptise Ladner inherited Lot No.

In March 1860, Father Georget inspired the Catholics north of the Bay of Biloxi to erect a mission church at present day D'Iberville.

In November 1881, Marie purchased the White House, a small hostel and bar, on Robinson opposite the L&N depot, from the Schmidt family.

Here on the northwest corner of present day St Charles and Church Avenue in D'Iberville, the Sacred Heart Catholic Church was dedicated on October 22, 1884.

Parker Earle settled at Ocean Springs in 1887.

Professor Tracy began acquiring land at Point St Martin for his residence and commercial venture in April and September 1889.

One such scuffle occurred in February 1892, when Henry Fayard and William Ladnier broke the monotony of the peninsular community.

From Jackson County school archival records, under the supervision of Betty Rodgers and Lois Castigliola at Pascagoula, it appears the Bayou Poito School came into existence circa 1897.

Additional income was earned by selling fresh pork, potatoes, eggs, chickens, and other country produce at the Biloxi market, particularly after the Back Bay and Fort Bayou bridges were opened in 1901.

In July 1903, Frank Terretta bought five acres of land near Miguel Rodriguez and Eugene Bosarge in Section 15, T7S-R9W from Louis Raymond.

By 1910, turpentine orchards were common in the area between St Martin Point and the Rose Farm.

It was a lot 600 x 228 on the bay and ran to St Charles. It was designed by architect, Carl Matthes, and erected on land purchased from Olive Chafee for $3600, in April 1912, by the Catholic Diocese of Natchez.

By April 1914, Lamey's Bridge was operating with the following one way toll fees:

He bought property from Sam Boney in April 1915, near the Fayards and Tibliers just west of Professor Tracy on St Martin Point.

Laredo High School, the first public school in Laredo, was founded downtown in 1916 at the site of the present day La Posada Hotel.

The Harrison-Jackson County Line School which was erected in 1917, at a cost of $8000 (Jackson County paid $3840) was located at D'Iberville near the intersection of present day Gorenflo Road and Church Avenue.

In 1920, Tony Lepoma made his livelihood as a fisherman.

The First United Methodist Church of North Biloxi was built in 1921.

The Savin place was north of St Martin Bayou between the lands of Van Eaton Seymour and Charles Dundolph and also south of the Ocean Springs-Biloxi Road (now Le Moyne). In April 1922, John Savin married Elizabeth Latimer.

Here they settled at Point Joli (now Avery Point). Eva Boldt purchased a Ford automobile in 1923, and is believed to have been among the first to own a car in the community with some members of the Beaugez and Fountain families.

The Trochesset home was sold to Edward Brady and Fergus Bohn in April 1925.

( 11 years 1 month ago ) The 1927 Ocean Springs Public School

Supervisor Lemon also lobbied aggressively for The War Memorial Bridge across the Bay of Biloxi from Biloxi to Ocean Springs which was dedicated in June 1930.

In 1937, Laredo High School was moved to San Bernardo Avenue and renamed Martin High School.

Giametta moved to Bay St Louis circa 1945, where he worked for the L&N Railroad as a bridge tender.

Martin sports the only basketball team from Laredo ever to win a State Basketball Championship—in 1956.

The name was changed to Beach Bayou Subdivision in July 1957.

The St Martin East Elementary school on Rose Farm Road was erected in 1970.

Dale Greenwell reported in The North Biloxian of December 11, 1975, a description of the race track: The track was a long stretch of dirt, part of an old wagon trail from St Martin to D'Iberville.

In February 1981, the First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs sold a lot to the Lemoyne Boulevard Baptist Church.

In January 1982, the Jackson County Board of Supervisors deeded 232 acres in Section 16, T7S-R8W to the Jackson County School Board.

Many of his Mississippi Coast Family books were often used, as well as his Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi (1994) in the preparation of this essay.