Historical Marker
It Takes a Village
Historical marker location:
320 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of North Claiborne Street and Dauphin Street, on the left when traveling south on North Claiborne Street.)
Marker installed: 2017
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.