George W. Ingram

Historical marker location:

201 East 17th Street, Anniston, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of East 17th Street and Quintard Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East 17th Street.)

Marker installed: 2011

1918-1941. U.S. Navy.

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.