Barbour County High School

Historical marker location:

12 Hunt Street, Clio, Alabama

( Marker is on Hunt Street, 0.1 miles south of Brundidge Street (Alabama Route 10), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1979

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.