Thunderbird Park

Historical marker location:

Montgomery, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Maxwell Boulevard and 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Maxwell Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 1982

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.