Bay Minette, Alabama

Historical marker location:

205 West 2nd Street, Bay Minette, Alabama

( Marker is on West 2nd Street east of McMillan Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.