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Photo gallery: Moss Point, ‘The River City’

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This photo gallery is part of our new initiative, MT Listens. Learn more about the project here or be part of it by taking our survey.

Take a virtual stroll through Moss Point, a historic Mississippi community, through the lens of Mississippi Today photojournalist Vickie King.

Moss Point is one of five communities our newsroom is focusing on for our community listening project, MT Listens. The others are Canton, Yazoo City, Forest and New Albany.

  • A Moss Point welcome mural, postcard-style, greeting all to the city. The city is deemed “The River City” for the Escatawpa River flowing through it and its eastern border the Pascagoula River. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A Moss Point welcome greets motorists entering the city on MS 613. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Welcome Center at Riverfront Park in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A view of the Escatawpa River from the Jack G. Hanson Memorial Bridge, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Hanson was a Medal of Honor recipient. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Blues marker near Riverfront Park honoring the many musicians from the area in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • View from Riverfront Park of an island of trees in the Escatawpa River. The river is named for the Choctaw words “uska,” meaning cane and “tapa,” meaning cut; “uski-a-tapa”, a place where cane is cut. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Moss Point City Hall, located in the 4000 block of McInnis Avenue. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Walkways along the Escatawpa River at Riverfront Park in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Sailboats moored at a pier in the Escatawpa River in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • This corner parcel of land at the intersection of Dantzler and Arthur streets, was restored to its original state as a functioning wetland, a Bayhead Swamp. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Moss Point High School is the alma mater of such notables as 3 Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold, former MLB relief pitcher Tony Sipp, former NBA star Melvin Booker and his son Devin Booker, and former NFL defensive back Kenny Johnson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Pelican Landing Conference Center in Moss Point. Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • The Pascagoula River Audubon Center, located on Rhodes Bayou in downtown Moss Point. The center is built on land of a former trolley line. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A replica of a trolley line station at the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, built on land of a former trolley line, “The Beach Run” line, that covered nearly 10 miles connecting Moss Point to Pascagoula. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Walkways extend into the bayou for an up close experience with nature. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A Great Egret negotiates the remnants of a pier in the bayou near the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Rain moves into the McInnis Bayou area in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • The Pascagoula River Audubon Bridge Project will replace the bridge on Dantzler Street that spans Rhodes Bayou in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A view of Rhodes Bayou in Moss Point. Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Jack G. Hanson Memorial Bridge/MS 613 in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Rhodes Bayou sunset in Moss Point. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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