The A. A. Miller Dam

Historical marker location:

Mentone, Alabama

( Marker is on County Road 613, ½ mile south of County Road 650/935, on the left when traveling north.)

The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.