With a humble beginning of a roadside meat market stand in 1925, Byrd’s Grocery and Meat Market became a mainstay for the maritime and...

Owned by Capt. Ralph Baker, the SEA QUEEN was a 58-foot vessel used primarily for charter and deep-sea fishing enjoyment. Among those...

One of the Gulf Coast’s most experienced captains, Jay Trochesset has served over 50 years chartering the waters of the Mississippi Sound...

Born in 1920, JP Trochesset was a native Biloxian born to a family of boat builders, including his father, Jules Pierre Trochesset, Sr....

Zoé Broussard Demet was born June 22, 1912, in Youngsville, Louisiana, to Alceé and Aurelia Trahan Broussard. She was the second of...

Noah Demet was born December 2, 1905, in Maurice, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, to Jean and Regina Broussard Demet. He was the third of...

Born in 1909, Joseph Lee Murray came to Biloxi as a child and immediately found himself at home among the fishermen of the area. At the...

The Lopez, Dunbar’s Sons & Company was created in 1884, upon the resignation of Lazaro Lopez and W.K.M. Dukate from the Biloxi Canning...

The AMBERJACK, a 38-foot Sport Fisherman, was purchased by Germain Tony David in 1955. This vessel was a 1940’s Mathews captained by Bill...

The MICHAEL JR. was a 42-foot wooden Biloxi lugger owned by Michael Kopszywa, Sr. and named for his son. Built in 1979 by Bill Holland at...

The 45-foot wooden V-hull, PARADISE, was built in 1952 but later completely refurbished by owner, Lois J. Fountain. Used for harvesting...

Born in Youngsville, LA in 1915, Tony David was the son of Henry and Rosa David. In his 80 years as a resident of Biloxi, he served in...

Immigrating from Privlaka, Croatiain 1907 at the age of twenty-four, John Zorich came to America, arriving at New Orleans aboard the...

The son of Stanley “Rook” Kopszywa and Lola Mae Broussard, Michael Kopszywa was born in Biloxi in 1949. As early as the age of three,...

Lois Joseph Fountain, Jr. was born on January 1, 1930, on the Back Bay of Biloxi. He was the eldest of thirteen children born to Lois and...

Oliver Steven Bosarge was born August 31, 1958, into a family that can trace its heritage to the first French settlers of the Gulf Coast...

Born in Aviles, Asturias Province, Spain in 1850, Lazaro Lopez left his homeland for Cuba at the age of 13. He immigrated to the United...

Ivan Skrnich, who was known as “John”, immigrated to the United States from Milna, on the Island of Brac, in the Austrian/Hungarian...

The son of Willis and Dora Fayard Powell, Joseph was born in the St. Martin community of North Biloxi in 1935. With his father working...

Born at Point Cadet, Biloxi in 1936, Julius Broussard spent his early years in the Cruso Camps, but felt he was raised in a “virtual...