Tag: French Mobile
Grand Unveiling: The Admiral Hotel’s Stunning Renovation
Stepping into the newly renovated Admiral Hotel is like entering a world where the 17th century and modern-day luxury collide. It is here that every corner tells a story,...
“The Colony is not worth a straw.”
How French Mobile’s disputatious Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac shaped 1700s Mobile.
The Tattooed Cabinetmaker of French Mobile
Robert Talon could boast an extraordinary life lived amidst three distinct Gulf Coast cultures in his 37 years.
Mobile’s Colonial Foodways
How six cultures influenced Mobile’s culinary traditions, shaping the unique cuisine we enjoy today.
Lafayette, We Are Here. Y’all Come!
American Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette was as beloved by Mobilians upon his visit to the area as he was one-hundred years later.
The Legend of Mobile’s Princess Charlotte Christina Sophia
Did an adventurer impersonating a dead Russian princess really live in French Mobile?
The Story of Marie Grissot and Mobile’s First Midwives
Meet the midwife who battled Bienville when Mobile was the capital of French Louisiana.
A Plan to Crush French Mobile
Indian agent Thomas Nairne decided that the interests of the British Crown were threatened by French Mobile — so he set out to manipulate tribes to destroy them.