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	Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beauvoir is the location of the historic post-war home and Presidential library of Confederate President Jefferson Davis located at Biloxi, Mississippi, at 30°23′35″N, 88°58′10″W.
		Beauvoir survived a similar onslaught from Hurricane Camille in 1969.
		Beauvoir was built by James Brown, a planter and entrepreneur in 1848.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beauvoir (1004 words)

	Mississippi (state) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mississippi (state) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mississippi's soils have been badly eroded by flooding, and the reforestation of watershed areas and the conversion of cotton-growing land to pasture are some of the measures taken to improve fertility.
		Biloxi is home to the Biloxi Lighthouse (1848);; the Biloxi Mardi Gras Museum; the George E Ohr Arts and Cultural Center, featuring some 250 pottery works; the J L Scott Marine Educational Center, with Mississippi's largest aquarium; and the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum.
		Mississippi became a state in 1817 and adopted a new constitution in 1832; American Indians were gradually forced to move west as settlement and the competition for land ownership increased.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mississippi+(state) (3031 words)

	The Papers of Jefferson Davis
		Beauvoir faces the Gulf of Mexico, and Davis enjoyed spending time on the beach (at right) during his later years, as did his grandchildren, who visited often before the Hayes family moved to Colorado.
		Twelve barracks, a hospital, and a chapel were constructed on the Beauvoir land, home to as many as 250 veterans and their family members at peak operation.
		Beauvoir survived Hurricane Camille in 1969, but the museum in the basement of the home was swamped.
	jeffersondavis.rice.edu /resources.cfm?doc_id=1533 (384 words)

	Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mary Parish, Louisiana, and in 1812 to Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
		Davis went on to Jefferson College at Washington, Mississippi in 1818, and to Transylvania University at Lexington, Kentucky in 1821.
		He ran for the Mississippi House of Representatives as a Democrat, and engaged in a debate with his opponent, Seargent Smith Prentiss, on election day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jefferson_Davis (2594 words)

	Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library, Biloxi, Mississippi - Travel Photos by Galen R ...
		Beauvoir was located between the villages of Biloxi, 5 miles to the east, and Handsboro, 4.5 miles to the northwest, and was accessible from either by Pass Road, which ran north of Beauvoir.
		Davis and daughter Winnie, who had joined her parents at Beauvoir in 1881, moved to New York City Unable to properly maintain the estate with their meager income, the Davis women placed the property in the hands of a caretaker and accepted positions as writers for noted editor Joseph Pulitzer.
		Despite hurricane damage and lucrative offers to purchase the estate, Beauvoir remained in the hands of the Davis family until 1902, when the central portion of the estate was sold for $10,000 to the Mississippi Division, United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /biloxi_beauvoir.htm (787 words)

	Biloxi Tourism - Biloxi, Mississippi's site for Biloxi Attractions (Fishing, Charter Boats, Weather, Hotels, Lodging, ...
		Biloxi, Mississippi was incorporated as a town in 1838 and as a city in 1896.
		Biloxi is located on a peninsula between the Biloxi Bay and the Mississippi Sound on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico.
		Biloxi is an Indian word that means "First People." The French established the first European settlement in the lower Mississippi Valley in 1699 across the bay at Old Biloxi.
	www.biloxitourism.com (399 words)

	Biloxi, Mississippi (Cities)
		Biloxi is located in Harrison County and it is the county seat.
		Biloxi was among the first European settlements in the Mississippi Valley.
		Biloxi is part of the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, Mississippi metro area.
	www.ohwy.com /ms/b/biloxi.htm (266 words)

	Biloxi Mississippi USA
		Biloxi (pronounced bi lux i) is a delightful resort city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
		Biloxi is a place of unparalleled beauty, with graceful live oaks, unique landmarks and antebellum homes.
		Situated on the eastern tip of the Biloxi peninsula, the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum is housed in a Spanish influence structure built in 1934 as part of a U.S. Coast Guard station.
	www.strathlorntravel.co.uk /travel-Biloxi.asp (1440 words)

	Biloxi Lighthouse, Mississippi at Lighthousefriends.com
		The Biloxi Lighthouse was one of three Mississippi Sound Lighthouses authorized in 1847 by legislation sponsored by Mississippi Representative Jefferson Davis.
		Concerned that her salary would be interrupted during the war, Mary wrote to the Governor of Mississippi, reporting on her faithfulness in tending the light and on the theft of oil from the lighthouse.
		Near the Biloxi Lighthouse is Beauvoir, the retirement estate of Jefferson Davis.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=543 (875 words)

	Beauvoir: Home of Jefferson Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Beauvoir is the retirement estate of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Biloxi, Mississippi.
		Varina Davis sold the central portion of the estate to the Mississippi Division, United Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1902 for use as a memorial to Jefferson Davis and as a Confederate veterans home.
		Beauvoir is on the National Register of Historic Places and holds designations as both a Mississippi Historical Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
	www.pointsouth.com /csanet/beauvoir/beauvoir.htm (386 words)

	Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
		Biloxi is doing fine - it is accessible except from the east through Ocean Springs, as the bridge from Bilxoi to OS is still destroyed and work has not yet been started to replace it.
		Biloxi was discovered in 1699, and before that, for thousands of years it native Americans lived here.
		Biloxi is smack dab in the middle of Magnolia Country.
	home.att.net /~velvet-hammer/biloxi.html (5217 words)

	Biloxi Mississippi lodging and attractions - Best Western in Biloxi Mississippi
		Biloxi is at the center of the "Playground of the South," the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
		Biloxi is one of the fastest growing areas in the country and stands poised to become an internationally renowned destination resort.
		Exhibits and artifacts that relate the story of the seafood industry along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are on display at the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, such as photographs, early boat engines, lighthouse lenses, sailing excursions and a replica of a late 1800s oyster schooner.
	www.bestwesternmississippi.com /attractions/biloxi (965 words)

	Preserve America Community: Biloxi, Mississippi
		The area was settled in 1699 as the first French settlement in the Mississippi Valley, and the community's early history was influenced by French, Spanish, and English settlers.
		Located on the Gulf of Mexico, Biloxi's history has a strong maritime flavor, and the 1848 Biloxi Lighthouse is the symbol of the city.
		Biloxi has had a historic preservation review ordinance since 1985, and the ordinance is administered by the Architectural and Historical Review Commission.
	www.preserveamerica.gov /3-18-04PAcommunity-biloxiMS.html (312 words)

	Buck$ for Book$
		The Mississippi Division Southern Literature and Poets Committee and Beauvoir Chapter #621 requested the participation of the General UDC.
		Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library is a national historic landmark property of the Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
		Participating in the check presentation were L to R: Patrick Hotard (Curator of Beauvoir), Jane Riemann (Chairman of the Southern Literature and Poets Committee of the Mississippi Division), Frankie Matthews (President of Beauvoir #621 UDC of Gulfport) and C.Phillip Gunter (Chairman of the Development Committee of the Combined Boards of Beauvoir).
	www.mississippiudc.homestead.com /BuckSforBookS.html (386 words)

	iB::Topic::Biloxi, Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I think Mississippi will triumph because of their willingness to work together, their thankfulness for all who have gone to help them, and most importantly their faith to shore them up during this time of trial.
		Biloxi and the State of Mississippi can be proud of their efforts and behavior during this tragedy.
		Biloxi will be back; not the way it was in your pictures, maybe...new grooves happen it's up to the people to make them good.
	www.gopusa.com /cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.pl?act=ST;f=1;t=23707 (1587 words)

	Mississippi Gulf Coast : Beauvoir Invites Local Residents to Visit
		Biloxi, MS - Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library invites Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone and George county residents to visit from July 18 to August 28 for a special resident discount.
		Beauvoir House was recently awarded the prestigious Save America’s Treasures Grant to finish the final restoration efforts on this National Historic Landmark.
		Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library is a national historic landmark property of the Mississippi Division, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. It is located on U.S. Highway 90 in Biloxi, Mississippi.
	www.gulfcoast.org /press-releases-071305.html (360 words)

	Jefferson Davis Was Captured
		When Davis was inaugurated president of the Confederate States of America in 1861, he believed in the right of Southern states to secede and defended his belief until his death in 1889.
		He spent his remaining years in Biloxi, Mississippi, at the Beauvoir plantation.
		However, in a speech at Mississippi City, Mississippi, he said: "The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/jeffdav_3 (115 words)

	Brief History of Beauvoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Developed by planter-entrepreneur James Brown, the gulfside estate grew to encompass approximately 500 acres and was dominated by an imposing Louisiana raised cottage-style residence, constructed in 1848-1851.
		A Natchez born intellectual, author, and Confederate partisan, the widow Dorsey named the estate, which she shared with her half-brother, Beauvoir (French for "beautiful view") and invited Jefferson Davis to write his memoirs here.
		Museum operations at Beauvoir began in 1941 with the opening of the main residence and Confederate cemetery for tours and have subseqently expanded to include a Confederate Museum, Davis Family Gallery, Theatre, Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier, Stars and Bars Gift Shop, and other features of interest on 52 landscaped acres.
	www.beauvoir.org /briefhst.html (353 words)

	Beauvoir (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beauvoir, post-war home and Presidential library of Confederate President Jefferson Davis located at Biloxi, Mississippi
		Simone de Beauvoir, French author, philosopher, and feminist
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beauvoir_(disambiguation) (104 words)

	LASOMI Chapter of SLA - Discussion Lists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The LaSoMi Chapter Spring meeting will be at Beauvoir and the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library in Biloxi, Mississippi on Saturday May 13, 2000.
		Jefferson Davis moved to Beauvoir in 1877 and actually resided in the main house at Beauvoir from 1879 to 1889.
		Beauvoir, with its colorful history and diverse uses has been home to not only a number of people but also to several libraries as well.
	www.sla.org /chapter/cla/springmeeting00.html (260 words)

	RESOLUTION NO
		WHEREAS, a volunteer Citizens Advisory Committee, representing the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s diverse population, is working with the Combined Boards of Beauvoir to enhance the 52-acre grounds into a world-class botanical garden to diversify the Mississippi Gulf Coast tourism industry and to showcase the architecturally-significant buildings and their historic setting; and
		WHEREAS, the Combined Boards of Beauvoir and the Citizens Advisory Committee are actively engaged in a capital campaign to fully implement the master plan for the Gulf Coast Botanical Gardens at Beauvoir; and
		WHEREAS, the governing authorities of the City of Biloxi, Mississippi are of the opinion that the Gulf Coast Botanical Gardens at Beauvoir will be an invaluable educational resource for the residents of and visitors to Mississippi and will greatly enhance residents’ quality of life; and
	www.biloxi.ms.us /citycouncilagenda/citycouncil/011805aexc.htm (527 words)

	American Legion Post 119 Gulfport Mississippi - Post Everlasting
		Interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport Mississippi.
		Fairley was born in D'Iberville, Mississippi, and was a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
		Breeland was born in Tylertown, Walthall County Mississippi and was a resident of Gulfport.
	members.tripod.com /~Post_119_Gulfport_MS/ever00.html (15840 words)

	Biloxi
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	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0807582.html (253 words)

	Biloxi, Mississippi :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Once the ladies touch down into the city, they are shuttled off to the Beau Rivage, a 650-million dollar resort and casino owned by the MGM Grand, featuring 1800 rooms, some of which overlook the gulf of Mexico.
		The girls continue soaking in Biloxi serenity on day 2 as they drive 15 miles west along the 26 mile beachfront, the longest man-made beach in the world.
		Here, the girls experience Biloxi of old when it was the seafood capital of the world and seafood factories where in the place of casinos.
	www.turnersouth.com /tools/printer-friendly/1,,1849,00.html (415 words)

	Biloxi, Mississippi
		Biloxi, the chief place on the Gulf coast of Mississippi, is the state's oldest town, founded by the French in 1699.
		The coast and offshore islands and sandbanks are nature reserves with a rich diversity of flora and fauna.
		There are boat trips from Biloxi to some of the islands.
	www.planetware.com /mississippi/biloxi-us-ms-b.htm (188 words)

	Bed & Breakfast Biloxi MS Mississippi Cabins & Rentals - City guide
		Relax on the veranda with a view of the pristine barrier islands and the sugar white sand on Biloxi's beach.
		An afternoon refreshment of wine and cheese is served in the garden gazebo where guests enjoy the view and breezes of the Gulf of Mexico.
		Biloxi Beachfront 2400 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS 39531, Adjacent to the Coliseum and Convention Center, A conveniently located and comfortable hotel across the street from the beach.
	www.discoverourtown.com /TownPage.php?Town=5&Cat=Shopping (1682 words)

	Biloxi, Mississippi - Confederate President Jeff Davis' Home
		Historic Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Shrine in Biloxi, Mississippi, was set ablaze last week, and investigators are calling it a deliberate act of arson.
		Beauvoir was the last home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who died in 1889.
		Historic Beauvoir: Biloxi, Exit 44 off of I-10, 8 miles S on Rt 15, right on Rt.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==9051 (313 words)

	Black Cat Bone - Burning The Flesh Off Modern Art: UPDATE: Beauvoir and the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library in ...
		Beauvoir is owned by the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which will lead fundraising and restoration efforts.
		Beauvoir historians reportedly provided a list of military artifacts to the eBay online auction Web site, so that any items listed for sale can be confiscated and returned to the estate.
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	blackcatbone.blogspot.com /2005/09/update-beauvoir-and-jefferson-davis.html (1715 words)

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		The Board of Directors of Beauvoir invite companies to submit a proposal for the preparation of plans for the development of the Gulf Coast Botanical Gardens at Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi.
		The cost of the proposal shall be negotiated with the Board of Directors of Beauvoir and may include all or parts of the proposal submitted.
		Beauvoir, as an historical site, is the last residence of President and Mrs.
	www.msstate.edu /dept/crec/bearfp00.html (756 words)

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