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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#C0DCC0" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0901a7c1excgdu.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Long Beach</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006633" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Long Beach"><U>ho</U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Long Beach"><U>me</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="centennial_1995___2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Centennial 1995 2005"><U>Centennial 1995 - 2005</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mary_ellen_alexander.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary Ellen Alexander"><U>Mary Ellen Alexander</U></A>   |   <A HREF="time_line.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Time Line"><U>Time Line</U></A>   |   <B>Photos</B>   |   <A HREF="links_to_heaven.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#C0DCC0" TEXT="#080000" background="03c12163.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05f86260.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="294" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>     W.J. Quarles,</B></div> <div> <B>a leader in Long Beach's farming industry, experimented with many vegetables. </B></div> <div> <B>     Here he proudly stands with corn.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Photos</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0572b440.jpg" border=0 width="555" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The shoreline road in </B><B>Long Beach</B><B>, circa 1909, was made of crushed oyster shells and sand connecting  Pass Christian with Gulfport.  The wooden bridge in the foreground spanned Bear Point Bayou, which emptied into the Mississippi Sound.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0592b9f0.jpg" border=0 width="555" height="415" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Hurricane Camille in 1969 claimed 22 Long Beach residents and St. Thomas Catholic Church, which was rebuilt.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05b2b0d0.jpg" border=0 width="555" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>In 1925, during a rare snow, brave students from Gulf Park College for Women gathered on the beach for a memorable photograph.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0602b8c0.jpg" border=0 width="555" height="396" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> William James Quarles arrived in 1884 to become the first School Teacher, first Postmaster, first General Store owner, first land developer -- and was known as the Catalyst for Long Beach development.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="links_to_heaven.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Next</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>