Mississippi, The Magnolia State - Pascagoula, MS
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hoteltwo
N 30° 22.801 W 088° 33.500
16R E 350269 N 3361925
Marker located near the LaPointe-Krebs House which is said to be the oldest Spanish Colonial structure in existence on the entire U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The marker notes a short early history of the State of Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WMVBM9
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2017
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A 2010 Mississippi Department of Archives and History web page indicates this marker (or another copy) was located on U.S. Highway 90 at the Alabama state line, on north side of the road, in this county. Possibly the marker was relocated here to Old Spanish Fort.
Marker Text:
Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699. Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817.
Date Installed:: 1952
Organization that placed the object:: The Mississippi Historical Commission.
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Related Website:: Not listed
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