William Wyatt Bibb

Historical marker location:

3390 Main Street, Millbrook, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Alabama Route 143) and Coosada Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1954

1781-1820.

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.