Colonel John G. Cullmann

Historical marker location:

Cullman, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of 9th Street Southeast and Main Avenue Southwest.)

Marker installed: 1973

Founder of Cullman, Alabama 1873. 1823 - 1895.

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.