Historical Marker
Coffee High School
Historical marker location:
Florence, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of Hermitage Drive (County Route 47) and North Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Hermitage Drive.)
Marker installed: 2017
1917~1951.
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.