Marking the beginning of the commercial seafood processing industry on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, “Lopez, Elmer, and Company” was...

L. Lopez and Company was founded by Lazaro Lopez, one of the pioneers of the Mississippi Gulf Coast seafood industry, and his...

Lee Paul Gutierrez was born in 1903 to Henry J. and Rose Venus Gutierrez. He married Katherine Evelyn Slay in 1924 and reared four sons,...

Born in Biloxi in 1934, Frank Gutierrez was the youngest of four sons born to Lee Paul Gutierrez, Sr. and Katherine Slay Gutierrez....

Born in Biloxi in 1930, Ramon Gutierrez was the third son of Lee Paul Gutierrez and Katherine Slay Gutierrez. A graduate of Notre Dame...

Biloxi Shrimp, Inc. was established in the late 1970’s by Henry “Duke” Gutierrez. Located on Biloxi Beach at the foot of Oak Street, the...

Born in 1928, Henry Gutierrez was the second of four sons born to Lee Paul Gutierrez, Sr. and Katherine Slay Gutierrez. He would live his...

Founded by Henry “Duke” Gutierrez and Joe Suarez, M&M Shrimp Co. was established in 1969. The company, named for Joe and Duke’s...

Biloxi Freezing Company was founded by Lee P. Gutierrez, Sr. and Glenn Swetman in 1945. However, the company’s history goes back to its...

Dr. James E. Alexander was born in Alexanderia, Louisiana in 1932 to John D. and Leona Alexander. Having lost both parents by the age of...

Lee Paul Gutierrez, Jr. was born in Biloxi in 1927. He was the eldest of four sons born to Lee Paul Gutierrez and Katherine Slay...

Mateo Martinolich was born in 1861 at Lussinpiccolo, Croatia, to Francisco Stanislaus ‘Frank' and Maria Martinolich. The couple, with...

Clark Seafood, located on Lowry Island near the Gulf of Mexico in Pascagoula, originated as the Mississippi branch to its sister...

Originating as Luka Kuljis Oil Dock, Kuljis Seafood and Ice Co. was owned and operated by his sons, Peter “Mex” Kuljis and Steve Kuljis....

The TONI JO ANN was built in 1947 at Toche Shipyard. The wooden Biloxi lugger was approximately 50 feet in length and was later converted...

Found unclaimed in the swamps of Louisiana, The CAVALIER, a 50-foot schooner, was owned by Luka Kuljis. The vessel, known to be...

Peter Tony Kuljis was born in Biloxi, in 1916, to Luka Kuljis and Tadica Pitalo Kuljis. In his early years, he worked alongside his...

Biloxi native, Paul Bodin, was born and raised on Point Cadet. His career in the maritime and seafood industry began at the young age of...

Luka Kuljis was born in Milna, Brac, Croatia in 1886 and immigrated to New York in 1904 aboard the “Julia Treiste” working his way to...

Ralph Horn was born in Bayou La Batre, AL in 1921. He married Leila Clark in 1939 and began working that same year for his...