Hattiesburg
The Hub City
[Southeast]:
"...I was returning from the trip and
had reached the banks of a beautiful
piney woods stream...during July or
perhaps August 1800."
"...I then, and there, determined to
locate a station here because it was the
place where cross the New Orleans and
Northeastern, I also decided to name
the place Hattiesburg for my wife
Hattie." -- William H. Hardy
[Northeast]:
Erected to Commemorate
the Centennial of Hattiesburg
1982
City of Hattiesburg
Bobby L. Chain, Mayor
W.U. Sigler, Commissioner
G.D. Williamson, Commissioner
Monument Committee
R. Web Heidelberg, Chmn.
Alvin Eaton
Wiley Fairchild
G. Leighton Lewis
Aubrey K. Lucas
Paul W. McMullan
Bobby Reed Sigrest
David B. Wilson
[Northwest]
Formerly Choctaw Territory and later
claimed by France, Britain, Spain and United
States, this area entered by settlers in early
1800s and known as Twin Lakes, later
Gordonville. Chosen as rail center by Captain
William H. Hardy in 1800 and later renamed
Hattiesburg after his wife, Hattie Lott.
Incorporated in 1884, the city grew as rail,
timber, and mercantile hub of south Mississippi,
becoming major center of yellow pine industry
and br 1911, state's fourth largest city.
Important during WWI and WWII as
location of Camp Shelby, postwar development
has enhanced Hattiesburg as education,
medical, mercantile, financial and cultural
center of south Mississippi.
Marker is at the intersection of Hardy Street and West Pine Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west on Hardy Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
