Mt. Hebron School

Historical marker location:

2617 Eastern Valley Road, Leeds, Alabama

( Marker is on Eastern Valley Road (State Road 119), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.