Mobile, Alabama, a colony of France, Britain and Spain – this {film and old photographs} reveals its mixed heritage...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Mobile, Alabama, a colony of France, Britain and Spain – this {film and old photographs} reveals its mixed heritage Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020  First Capital of Colonial French Louisiana “On January 20, 1702, French colonists, led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, establish Fort Louis de la Mobile on a bluff twenty-seven miles up the Mobile River from Mobile Bay. The settlement, soon known simply as “Mobile,” moved to its permanent site at the mouth of the Mobile River in 1711. It served […] Read more → PATRON + First highways in Alabama were only beaten trails and sometimes travelers were entangled in vegetation Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020 First highways in Alabama were only beaten trails and sometimes travelers became entangled in vegetation as the two men did. Read more → PATRON – Health was bad in surrounding communities of Boaz in 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020 Health was bad in surrounding communities of Boaz in 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) LIBERTY NEWS Health of this community is not very good at present people are not injoying (sic) the new year on account of sickness. We are sorry to hear of Uncle Bennie Camps being on […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Strange epitaphs on two tombstones Posted by Donna R Causey on 25 August, 2020 From a cemetery near Cincinnati, Ohio: Here lies —— Who came to this city and died for the benefit of his health. From Belturbet churchyard, Ireland: Here lies JOHN HIGLEY, whose mother and father were drowned in their passage from America. Had they both lived they would have been buried here. HELP SUPPORT ALABAMA PIONEERS […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe