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Historic Grand Hotels on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
In 1870, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was constructed through the southernmost section of Harrison County, Mississippi, connecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama.〔(History of Harrison County ) Retrieved 2012-07-03〕 A northern transportation route into south Mississippi was provided by the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad at the turn of the 20th century.〔(Gulf and Ship Island Minute Book, 1887-1907 ) Retrieved 2012-07-03〕 These railroads provided an inexpensive means for moving passengers as well as goods, and opened south Mississippi to both industrial and recreational development.〔(The Mississippi Coast and its People, a History for Students ) Retrieved 2012-07-03〕
Rapidly progressing lumber and seafood industries transformed the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the 1920s, and people arrived from throughout the United States to take advantage of the economic boom.〔 Northern tourists were attracted to the Mississippi Gulf Coast because of mild winters and cool sea breezes in summer, before the introduction of air conditioning. Besides the weather, other tourist attractions included seafood restaurants, swimming, golf, schooner races, sailing to offshore islands, and recreational fishing. During this period of economic expansion, grand hotels were constructed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast to accommodate businessmen, tourists, and transient workers. Most of these grand hotels no longer exist; and of the two structures that were still standing after the first decade of the 21st century, neither served as a lodging establishment. Together, these grand hotels represented an important era in the history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast throughout the 20th century.
==Great Southern Hotel (Gulfport)==
Built in 1902-03 by entrepreneur Joseph T. Jones, the Great Southern Hotel had unheard of luxuries for the time—telephones in every guest room, hot and cold running water, and a bath for every two rooms.〔(Mary Miller. 2002. Lost Landmarks of Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi. ) Retrieved 2012-07-03〕 The hotel was situated within a few hundred yards (meters) of the Mississippi Sound. It was a 3-story frame building of wood construction with 250 guest rooms. The hotel had its own artesian water well, independent sewerage system, and an independent power plant for steam heat and electricity. Guest amenities included a billiard room, tennis court, horse-and-buggy rental, and an in-house orchestra. The grand hotel was crippled by economics of the Great Depression but held on through the 1940s. During construction of U.S. Route 90 in 1951, the Great Southern Hotel was demolished.〔Dan Ellis. 2011. Gulfport discovered, where my ship comes in. CreateSpace, Lexington, Kentucky.〕
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