PATRON + Thanks to Joe Cain, on February 13, 1866 Mardi Gras in Mobile continued formal festivities

February 13, 2022 April 19, 2022by Donna R Causey

1800's 1900's 2000s Alabama Alabama history Mobile

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

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Fascinating 1913 film footage of an American history turning point in Mobile, Alabama - Alabama Pioneers May 9, 2015

[…] Click for more information and history on the Battle House Hotel […]
Long-lost 1913 film footage of an American history turning point in Mobile, Alabama [film & pics] - Alabama Pioneers May 9, 2015

[…] Wilson stayed at the Battle House Hotel in Mobile, Alabama. There was a tragic fire in 1905 that destroyed much of this original building […]
Marilyn Griffin Medici May 10, 2015

Beautiful!
L'Wana Harlan May 10, 2015

Loved my stay there!
Sue Hochmeister Smith January 17, 2016

What a beauty.
Emily B. Cooper January 17, 2016

I do love the Battle House Hotel.
Lynn Eckberg January 17, 2016

It is a magnificent place. Even if you do not make it for Mardi Gras it is worth the trip ant time of the year.
Cheryl Spaulding McLelland January 18, 2016

I have stayed there and it’s beautiful !
Amazing letter from 1854 reporting on the Yellow fever epidemic in Mobile, Alabama | Alabama Pioneers October 10, 2016

[…] the disease visited the houses of Capt. Stein, McMillan, Rev. Mr. Knapp, Mrs. George, Dubose’s, John Battle’s, and some others. The disease skipped about in an extraordinary manner; some houses escaped […]
Locksley S Stubblefield February 13, 2017

Celia Lewis, this is for you.
1. Celia Lewis February 13, 2017
  
  Thanks, Locksley! And we do wish y’all were here at some point. Mack and I adore the Carnival season.
Emily B. Cooper February 13, 2017

This is my favorite hotel of all times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is arguably the first newsreel film footage taken in the state of Alabama! – Alabama Pioneers September 26, 2017

[…] Battle House 1901 (Detroit Publishing – Library of Congress) […]
Exact details and people involved in the arrest of Vice-President in Washington County, Alabama – Alabama Pioneers February 21, 2019

[…] The Arrest of Vice-President Aaron Burr in Alabama […]
Deedee Givens Johnson July 5, 2020

Cathy
Danny Harris July 5, 2020

Do away with Mardi Gras !!
1. Steve Joynt July 5, 2020
  
  What do you have against Mardi Gras? You don’t even live in Mobile.
2. Danny Harris July 5, 2020
  
  Steve Joynt I was being sarcastic, Seems anything tied o a Confederate Solider is Racist and People want it wiped from the face of the earth!
3. Steve Joynt July 5, 2020
  
  Danny Harris Ah, see, that’s just it. Joe Cain was never a Confederate soldier. The woman who wrote this piece has no idea what she’s talking about.
4. Danny Harris July 5, 2020
  
  Steve Joynt well there you go!! But the truth doesn’t matter to some!!!
Steve Joynt July 5, 2020

This piece is incorrect from beginning to end.
Becky Sides Looser October 13, 2020

Malise Cain Frush 🙂
Emily B. Cooper October 13, 2020

I love this place.

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