H.L. Hunley

Historical marker location:

2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Battleship Parkway and Old Spanish Trail (U.S. 98).)

Confederate States Torpedo Boat Submarine.

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.