Historical Marker
Bettie Hunter House
Historical marker location:
504 St Francis Street, Mobile, Alabama
( Marker is on St Francis Street, 0.1 miles west of North Lawrence Street, on the right when traveling west.)
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.