The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city of Spanish Fort is rich in history dating as far back as 1702 with the founding of Mobile by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of France. Spanish Fort was originally the site of a trading post established by French-occupied Mobile. One of the earliest known colonists that settled in present-day Spanish Fort was Louis Augustin Rochon, son of co-founder of Mobile Charles Rochon. Around 1750-1760, the younger Rochon founded a plantation on the bluffs overlooking the Blakeley River that became relatively wealthy. Following the French and Indian War, a large area on the Gulf Coast including the trading post was ceded to the British in 1763. During the Revolutionary War, Spanish forces under Bernardo de Gálvez took Mobile in the Battle of Fort Charlotte. Consequentially, the entire Mobile Bay area came under military administration, albeit challenged by British forces based in Pens…
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LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCHistoric Blakeley State Park, scene of the last major battl…2010
LOCThe foliage is beautiful at Blakeley State Park2010
LOCThe foliage is beautiful at Blakeley State Park2010Then & now
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (9). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.