Oak Bowery

Historical marker location:

Nickquenum Road, Fort Deposit, Alabama

( Marker is on Nickquenum Road, 2 miles south of Kirkville Road (County Road 75), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1983

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.