High Water Mark

Historical marker location:

Orline Street, Wetumpka, Alabama

( Marker is on Orline Street, 0.1 miles south of Hill Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2013

57 Feet 11 Inches. (12 Feet 11 Inches Above Flood Stage).

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.