Historical Marker
1814 - 1977
Historical marker location:
27717 Main Street, Daphne, Alabama
( Marker is on Main Street south of Bayfront Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.)
General Andrew Jackson.
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.