Bottle Creek Site

Historical marker location:

312 Courthouse Square, Bay Minette, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Courthouse Square (U.S. 31) and Hand Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Courthouse Square.)

Marker installed: 1994

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.