…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…
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PATRON – Sheriff sales of land in Mobile County, March 13, 1840, with owner’s names
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALE The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Mobile vs. fi fa 4 cases William…
TOWNS IN THE ALABAMA TERRITORY – Mobile described in an article published in 1817!
…glimpse of Mobile during Spanish days [film] Mobile, Alabama And Louisiana Territory Almost Became An Independent Republic When the Mississippi Bubble Burst it devastated the French in Mobile ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS…
PATRON + Marine Hospital of Mobile
MARINE HOSPITAL (U. S.) AT MOBILE The Marine Hospital at Mobile, Alabama was the oldest building used as a Marine Hospital in 1914. It was occupied as a marine hospital…
PATRON + Mobile, the emporium of Alabama was once completely blown up
…later Mobile received them or shared in their profits. River packet Jas. T. Staples, Mobile, Alabama – ca. 1906 – Detroit Publishing Beautiful southern homes Mobile was a brilliant social…
PATRON – Legal notices for Squire, Talcott, Worsham, Toulmin, Deas and others from 1840 Mobile, Alabama
…six weeks, in the Mobile Commercial Register and Patriot, a newspaper printed and published in the city of Mobile. M.J. McRAE, Register. STATE OF ALABAMA Mobile County in Chancery Philip…
PATRON – Mobile, Alabama 1840 – default on indenture, property sold
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, AlabamaMarch 13, 1840) MOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY OFFICE No. 66 Commerce St. UP STAIRS The Mobile Marine Railway and Insurance Company continues to make insurance…
PATRON – Sheriff sale of lands owned by Cowan, Seaman, Green, Post, and many others in Mobile 1840
(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALE Planters’ & Merchants’ Bank of Mobile vs. fi fa Robert Cowan and Edward Seaman Will be sold for…
Gen. LaFayette letters- Mobile prepared for his visit which included local Freemasons
…Hall, City of Mobile, March 16th AD 1825 7 o’clock P.M. “Resolved by the Companions of Mobile Chapter No. 3 that a Committee of the Chapter be appointed to Act…
PATRON – Sheriff sales, slave sales and mortgage sales Mobile, Alabama 1840
(Genealogy information Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALES James Hollingsworth, Wm. Cunningham and James Nolan James C. Sutton Mary Ann Sutton, Adm’x Will be…
PATRON – Names of Insurance agents, Lawyers and Court Notice in Mobile in 1840
…Bay of Mobile, thence along the Bay of Mobile to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom 39 acres belonging to William Edwards, and being his present residence; the said Edwards…
Amazing letter from 1854 reporting on the Yellow fever epidemic in Mobile, Alabama
…Mobile, at the present terminus of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. It is situated on a beautiful plateau of pine land, about 400 feet above tide water, and has been…
PATRON – Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate in Mobile, Alabama March 13, 1840
( Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) SHERIFF SALE Sanford & Cleveland vs. fi fa William Kitchen Will be sold for cash, in front of the…
PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS Ice once came down to Mobile, Alabama all the way from Kennebec, Maine
…go around and up the Spanish river and then back down the Mobile river to get to the city.” The Water front, Mobile, Alabama – ca. 1906 – Mobile, Alabama…
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, oldest college in Alabama and oldest Catholic College in Southeast [film & pics]
SPRING HILL COLLEGE Mobile, Alabama Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama is the oldest Catholic college in the Southeast is also the third oldest Jesuit College and the fifth oldest…
PATRON + Azaleas in Mobile, older than the state [photographs and video]
…Mobile’s History that in 1929, with the encouragement of Mr. Sam Lackland, and the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce (now known as Mobile Jaycees), citizens of Mobile were asked to…
Editorial provides a glimpse of Mobile during Spanish days [film of vintage homes]
This editorial provides a glimpse of Mobile before 1858 AN 1858 VIEW ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IN MOBILE By Jack D.L. Holmes, Ph.D. Director, Louisiana Collection Series (Published in The Alabama…
UPDATED WITH PODCAST – Gunpowder explodes in warehouse at Mobile and destroys half the town. [pictures & list of wounded soldiers]
…it has been estimated at possibly 300 1Highlights of 75 years in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, First National Bank of Mobile, 1940, pages 6 and 7 2Highlights of 75 years in…
PATRON + Did you know the town of Mobile is older than New Orleans?
…subject. Town of Mobile is older than New Orleans The town of Mobile is situated on a low sandy plain on the west bank of the bay. It was founded…
Thanks to Joe Cain, on February 13, 1866 Mardi Gras in Mobile continued formal festivities
…Day is observed annually in Mobile on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. Are you looking for a great place to stay for the Mardis Gras in Mobile, Alabama? Check out…
PATRON + Dr. Palmer’s notes (1883-1884) about Alabama – Barbour County, Clarke County & Mobile
…Tombigbee River the negro first class passengers eat in the cabin after others. Females sleep aft of Ladies Cabin—Males in Texas. Feb. 10 left Coffeeville for Mobile. Mobile Ala. National…
PATRON + Ghosts of many wars roam the historic forts of Mobile, Alabama [pics & films]
The Civil War Forts on Mobile Bay The Battle of Mobile Bay was where Admiral Farragut was supposed to have made his famous statement, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”…
Did you know six years before the Wright Bros. famous flight a manned glider flew 15 feet over Mobile Bay beach in Alabama?
Glider flew in 1893 over Mobile Bay beach The land around Brookley field in Mobile, Alabama has played a part in United States aviation history since 1893, six years before…
PATRON + Marquis de Lafayette said Mobile, Alabama girl was prettiest in the United States
MOBILE GIRL SAID PRETTIEST IN UNITED STATES By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers’ Progressing Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 21, 1939 Marquis de Lafayette was feted Royally When…
Interesting description of a group of people called Cajans around Mobile Alabama written before 1940 –
…and Citronelle Tom Lars Byrd Neighborhood Tassie Byrd Neighborhood Book Byrd Neighborhood Scattered groups at Movico, Chastang, Creola, Mobile Two Cajun women in Mobile County, Alabama – one sister-in-law opens…
UPDATED WITH PODCAST Mobile, Alabama And Louisiana Territory Almost Became An Independent Republic
…in America. [See the story: Have you ever heard of Massacre Island in Mobile, Alabama?] In January until ‘Fat Tuesday’, Mobile will celebrate. locations and schedule of events at Mobile…
PATRON + No other place in the United States has street names like those in the city of Mobile, Alabama
MOBILE STREETS’ NAMES DATE FROM IMPORTANT PAGES WORLD’S HISTORY By Benjamin D. Baker Federal Writers’ Project Council Chamber, City Hall Mobile, Alabama November 20, 1939 Why is Dauphin street called…
PATRON + Do you know how the drop-off on Conception Street occurred in Mobile, Alabama
…batteries and obstructions to close the entrances of the Mobile, Tensaw and Spanish Rivers. Thereby hangs the tale of how a portion of the good dry soil of Mobile came…
PATRON – An 1817 letter predicted the present-day ghost town of Blakeley, Alabama would compete with Mobile
…the “Town of Blakeley.” It lies six miles north of Mobile Bay to the east margin of the main direct ship channel of Mobile river; which, from near Stoddert down…
The Can’t Get Away Club in Mobile, Alabama – You’ll never guess its purpose
…the organization the Mobile Register editorially says: “Mobile and other cities of the South bear in grateful remembrance the name of the organization, which, as suggested by Mr. Godfrey Mertz…