Historical Marker
The Little Colt
Historical marker location:
401 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama
( Marker can be reached from South Franklin Street south of Government Street (U.S. 90), on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2010
Little Colt of Córdoba. (Potro de Córdoba).
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.