According to local tradition, the "Pirate House," located here, was built as early as 1802 and was frequented by famed pirate Jean Lafitte and his associates. Later remodeled as a Greek...
On this site stood the "Spanish Customs House," perhaps the oldest structure in Bay St. Louis. The house is believed to have been built by French colonist Hyacinth Caron in 1787. The date...
The Sisters of St. Joseph taught here for 38 years. Fifty three different Sisters worked here. Three of them are buried in this cemetery. We are unable to identify the precise spot of...
Chief Benjamin Paul was one of the last persons to speak the Chitimacha language. Shortly after his death the language died although Doctor Benjamin Swadesh of Yale University attempted to...
At one time there were twelve to fifteen separate Chitimacha villages in the Atchafalaya Basin and surrounding area. They stretched from Charenton to Donaldsonville and up north to just east of...
Affectionately called Salmen Lodge by the Scouts, this French Creole cottage was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 and is one of a few early structures preserved...
This Tabletis erected in memory ofFritz SalmenA pioneer industrialist whoin 1924 gave this land to be used as a Boy Scout camp siteDedicated to the development ofgood citizenship of American youth.
The 130 acres of the Camp Salmen Nature Park were once part of the Salmen Brick and Lumber Company. Many bricks used to build New Orleans were manufactured on this site. The only...
It took technology for our natural occurring species to take wingsand leave the earth.This sculpture is yet another gift to the people of the Mississippi Coast fromrenowned artist Marlin Miller...
In the early 1900's, there were 2,000-3,000 residents of Logtown. There was a two-story general store, company offices, homes built in rustic versions of the popular Queen Anne style, a public...