Gulfport was the Largest Incoporated town in the county, if not the state, when it incorporated in 1910. Much of the land now in St. Petersburg was part of Gulfport? |
Did you know? |
Our First Newspaper, "Sea Breeze", was Published in 1886? |
Our First School opened in 1886? Mr. Norwood, of England, was our First Teacher, school was only held only three or four months a year. We had a school wagon to transport children from the surrounding areas. |
Around 1907, Sam Renney caught and kept "Gators" to sell and to raise for hides? He had pens all over his yard at 4923 - 28th Avenue South. |
Babe Ruth was only one of many famous people who called Gulfport home? |
The Song "Coming In On a Wing and a Prayer" was written about the pilot of a B17 in WWII, John Cronkite of Gulfport? |
The People of Gulfport moved their homes so often that in 1930 the City enacted a house-moving Tax of $100.00 in an attempt to stop or slow the trend? |
The 90 Year Old building that houses the Gulfport Historical Museum was a Former Methodist Church? |
