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2. National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

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   The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico opened on September 26, 2015, is a non-profit interactive maritime museum dedicated to the maritime heritage and culture of the Gulf of Mexico. The 120,000 square foot museum, located on the riverfront in downtown Mobile, Alabama, is designed to look as if it were a ship headed into Mobile Bay ...

3. History of Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   History of Alabama. Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. [1] In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years ...

4. Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Mobile (/ m oʊ ˈ b iː l / moh-BEEL, French: ⓘ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the second-most populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville.

5. Battleship Memorial Park - Wikipedia

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   Battleship Memorial Park. / 30.68178; -88.01479. Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. Its notable aircraft and museum ships include the South Dakota -class battleship USS Alabama and Gato -class submarine USS Drum. Alabama and Drum are National Historic Landmarks ...

6. Midtown Historic District (Mobile, Alabama) - Wikipedia

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   Midtown Historic District (Mobile, Alabama) /  30.6832833°N 88.0887333°W  / 30.6832833; -88.0887333. The Midtown Historic District is a historic district in the city of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001, with a small boundary increase on November 18, 2020 [1 ...

7. Timeline of Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   e. 1702 - Fort Louis de la Mobile founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of Montreal. [1] 1703 - Mardi Gras begins. [2] 1722 - French Louisiana capital relocated from Mobile to New Orleans. [3] 1723 - Fort Conde built. 1763 - Mobile becomes part of British West Florida per Treaty of Paris (1763).