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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHK_st-johns-episcopal-church_Mobile-AL.html
St. John's Episcopal Church, established and built in 1855, stood at the northwest corner of this block, its rectory adjacent. Between 1860 and 1870, the Church Home, an orphanage and school consisting of three buildings, was constructed. This was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVJ_energy-from-the-sands-of-time_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
The platform that you can see east of Dauphin Island is operated by one of many oil and gas companies operating in Alabama waters. These platforms are extracting natural gas (methane), a relatively clean-burning petroleum product. The platform its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS5_british-occupation-of-dauphin-island_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
When British forces arrived at Mobile Bay to assault Fort Bowyer on Mobile Point, half of the British army under the command of Sir John Kean, who was recovering from wounds suffered during the defeat at New Orleans, was landed on Dauphin Island t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQD_dauphin-island-indian-shell-mound-park_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
This park and bird refuge dates from the Mississippian Period (AD 1100 to 1550). Native Americans, who roasted oysters and fished in adjacent Dauphin Island Bay, visited the shell mounds for centuries. From excavations carried out in 1990, archaeo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GN_second-fort-conde-ruin_Mobile-AL.html
This ruin is a vestige of the second
Fort Conde. Built by the French in
1723 and later occupied by the
British, Spanish, and the
Americans, these foundations are
the only architectural remains
of Colonial Mobile.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GM_bayou-la-batre_Bayou-La-Batre-AL.html
Founded in 1786 by Joseph Bouzage (Bosarge), Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955. The local seafood industry in this seafaring town serves as a centerpiece for the Discovery Channel's series, Big Shrimping. In addition, the city was featured i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GI_it-takes-a-village_Mobile-AL.html
(front side)
Mobile's Hidden Figures initiative originated from the Mobile United Leadership Mobile's Class of 2017 inaugural Diversity and Inclusion team. The objective is to raise awareness of diverse community members who strive to be their pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GH_the-cathedral-basilica-of-the-immaculate-conception_Mobile-AL.html
(front side)
The origin of this Cathedral was established on July 20, 1703, by Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrieres de Saint Vallier, Bishop of Quebec at Fort Louis de la Mobile, the city's first permanent settlement. The Bishop also appointed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27F1_old-plateau-cemetery_Mobile-AL.html
The Old Plateau Cemetery, known as the Africatown Graveyard, is the final resting place of enslaved Africans, African-Americans, and a Buffalo Soldier. The burial ground dates back to 1876, sixteen years after Africans arrived in the Clotilda whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27A0_crawford-methodist-cemetery-mobile-county_Mobile-AL.html
This cemetery was
established in the 1800s
as a final resting place
for the Crawford
Community loved ones.
The Lord family donated
the cemetery property
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, April 30, 2009
Marker erected in 2…