Maps: Industry Surrounds Residents of Pascagoula, Mississippi

Maps: Industry Surrounds Residents of Pascagoula, Mississippi

Between the 1950s and 1970s, a society utterly convinced by chemical company Du Pont's promise of "better living through chemistry," along with a government eager to win the budding Cold War, both spurred Pascagoula’s rapid industrial development and the population growth needed to support it. The post Maps: Industry Surrounds Residents of Pascagoula, Mississippi’s Largest Port appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.