Chauncey Sparks

Historical marker location:

257 W Broad St, Eufaula, Alabama

( Marker is on West Broad Street east of Colby Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Governor of Alabama. January 19, 1943-January 20,1947.

The city of Mobile, Alabama is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States. The first Mardi Gras parade in Mobile took place in 1703, just one year after the city was founded by the French.