About the same time The Biloxi Herald was first printed in 1884, a young George Ohr was digging clay from the Tchoutacabouffa River to make his inimitable pots.
Otherwise, the cultural train rarely stopped here as performance venues were lacking. The railroad carried road shows, vaudeville performers and opera companies between engagements in New Orleans and Mobile, but if people on the Mississippi Coast wanted opera or theater, they went to New Orleans.
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