Gulfport Historical Society |
GULFPORT IS A STATE OF MIND, A FEELING, AS MUCH AS A LOCATION. NATIVE-BORN OR NEWLY-ARRIVED, ALL TRUE GULFPORTIANS SHARE THIS FEELING OF PRIDE IN OUR UNIQUE AND COLORFUL PAST,WORKING TOGETHER TO PRESERVE GULFPORT AND ITS HISTORY. |
THE HISTORY OF GULFPORT, WHICH DATES FROM 1868, COULD APPEAR RELATIVELY SHORT TO SOME. HOWEVER, WE WERE SETTLED IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, AND WERE AS MUCH A FRONTIER, AS THE WEST. SETTLERS CAME FROM EVERYWHERE: ENGLAND, VIRGINIA, THE BAHAMAS. WE HAD A BLENDING OF FARMERS AND SEAMEN (EACH BRINGING A WAY OF LIFE AND CULTURE) WHO JOINED TOGETHER TO CREATE A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ALL COULD FLOURISH. THOSE HARDWORKING, INDEPENDENT, FUN LOVING PEOPLE FORMED THE VERY FOUNDATION ON WHICH GULFPORT EXISTS TODAY. |
THE GULFPORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED AND IS OPERATED BY THE GULFPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. IT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH MEMBERSHIP AND DONATIONS. THE PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY ARE TO COLLECT, CLASSIFY, AND PRESERVE ANY AND ALL DATA PERTINENT TO HISTORY OF GULFPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA; TO RESEARCH, WRITE AND PUBLISH ARTICLES, ETC., CONCERNING THAT HISTORY, TO OPERATE A MUSEUM OF MATERIAL ABOUT GULFPORT |
