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Dec 15, 20231 min read
OXALIS
The OXALIS was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...
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Dec 15, 20233 min read
Edward Carey Joullian
E.C. Joullian Fish & Ice Company/E.C. Joullian Packing Company Born and raised in Selma, Alabama in 1861, Edward Carey Joullian would...
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Dec 14, 20232 min read
Elizabeth Ann “Captain Liz” Roberts
Elizabeth “Libby” Roberts, born in 1958 in Moss Point, MS, was a trailblazer for women in the merchant marine industry. When she first...
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Dec 14, 20231 min read
R. Lusk and Son Boat Repair Launch and Ways
Richard Lusk, Sr. and son, Fred Lusk, Sr. began operating the Lusk Shipyard in 1919. This year, Fred Lusk left school his eighth-grade...
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Dec 13, 20232 min read
Ronald “Ronnie” Bosarge
Ronnie Bosarge learned the craft of boat building at an early age from his uncle, Laz Bosarge. Born in 1937, he built his first skiff...
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Dec 13, 20231 min read
Anna Faulk Broussard Landry
Born in Abbeville, Louisiana in 1909, Anna Faulk resided much of her life in Biloxi and was a dedicated worker in the seafood industry....
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Nov 27, 20232 min read
John Leon Suarez
Born in Biloxi in 1901, Leon Suarez was one of the six children of Anthony Joseph Suarez and Dona Agnes Penton. In Leon’s own words, he...
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Nov 27, 20232 min read
Edward Joseph Brou, Sr.
Biloxi native, Edward Joseph Brou, had a true love of the water from his birth in 1921. His grandfather, Philip Bellman, who owned and...
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Nov 16, 20231 min read
Ethel “Sis” Fountain
Born into the prominent seafood and boatbuilding Fountain family of Biloxi, Ethel Fountain was destined to be an active part of the...
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Nov 15, 20232 min read
Santo “Sam” Strangi, Sr.
Santo Strangi was born to Alberto and Audenzia Pipitone Strangi of Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy in 1886. His family immigrated...
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Nov 14, 20231 min read
ANNIE L
Captained by John M. “Bruno” Rosetti, the ANNIE L was the only steel hull vessel in the area at the time the Hurricane of 1947 was...
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Nov 14, 20232 min read
Mary Ellen Thornton Rosetti
Born in 1920 to William and Mary E Witt Thornton, Mary Ellen Thornton was a lifelong native of Biloxi whose life was enveloped in the...
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Nov 10, 20232 min read
John Mark “Bruno” Rosetti
John Mark Rosetti was born in Biloxi in 1912, to Giovanni (John) Paulo Johann Rosetti and Sima (Simeona) Kovacevich, who had earlier...
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Nov 10, 20231 min read
SILVER KING III
Designed and built, in 1956 by Master boat builder “Tony Jack” Covacevich, the SILVER KING III was a vessel familiar to John Compton, Sr....
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Nov 10, 20231 min read
Mark S. Compton
Biloxi native, Mark Compton, grew up fishing the Gulf waters aboard the HAPPY LANDING with his father, John Compton, Sr., a Chandeleur...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
PROGRES
Built in 1935 by master boat-builder Jules Galle, the PROGRES was originally owned by Marco Anticich of Anticich Canning Co. The 40-foot...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
Alvin Milton Raymond Baker
Alvin Baker was born and raised on Deer Island, just off the Biloxi shore in 1941. Born the son of a third-generation fisherman, Alvin...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
Lewis “Captain Hooks” Langlinais
Lewis Voorhis Langlinais was born in 1916, in Youngsville, Louisiana, to Jules and Livie Langlinais. At the age of nine years, the family...
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Nov 3, 20232 min read
Mandeline Skrmetta Langlinais
Mandeline “Manda” Langlinais was born January 6, 1920 to Peter and Frances Skrmetta in Biloxi. At the age of two, she tragically lost her...
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Oct 31, 20231 min read
FLYING CLOUD
In its original role, the FLYING CLOUD served as a mail delivery boat for the Kiln, MS area. The 35-foot, cypress hull lugger was...
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