Islands of Mississippi - Ship Island, Cat Island, Horn Island, Round Island, Petit Bois Island, Stack Island, Deer Island, Davis Island (Paperback)

Chapters: Ship Island, Cat Island, Horn Island, Round Island, Petit Bois Island, Stack Island, Deer Island, Davis Island. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ship Island is the collective name for two barrier islands off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, part of Gulf Islands National Seashore: East Ship Island and West Ship Island. Hurricane Camille split the once single island into 2 separate islands in 1969. Fort MassachusettsHaving the only deep-water harbor between Mobile Bay and the Mississippi River, the island served as a vital anchorage for ships bearing explorers, colonists, sailors, soldiers, defenders and invaders. The French, Spanish, British, Confederate and Union flags have all flown over Ship Island. Ship Island's original brick and mortar 1853 lighthouse. Ship Island's 1886 wooden lighthouse. It was accidentally burned down in 1972 by campers.French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville charted Ship Island in February 1699, which he used as a base of operations in discovering the mouth of the Mississippi River. The island served as a point of immigration to French colonies in the New World. Some immigrants died upon arrival at Ship Island, and their bodies were burned in a furnace. In 1702, the island was named Ship Island due to its protected deepwater anchorage. The island served as the principal port of entry from Europe for colonists from 1720 until 1724. The island was given to Great Britain by France at the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763 and in 1783, at the end of the American Revolution, Great Britain transferred the island to Spain. The United States, as part of the Louisiana Purchase, claimed the island in 1810. In the War of 1812, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane anchored between Ship Island and Cat Island with a fleet of ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=297161