Historical Marker
Bernard Whitehurst and the Whitehurst Case / Montgomery: Learning From the Past
Historical marker location:
103 North Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama
( Marker is at the intersection of North Perry Street and Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Perry Street.)
Marker installed: 2013
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.