Romar Beach

Historical marker location:

23500 Perdido Beach Boulevard, Orange Beach, Alabama

( Marker is on Perdido Beach Boulevard (Alabama Route 182) 0.1 miles east of Tannin Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.