The city of Mobile has its own history since 1702. It served as Louisiana's 1st Capital of the French colony. Basically it was founded to give shape to its claim on Louisiana. The Gulf Coast played home to the Roman Catholic Parish of Mobile which came into existence in the year 1703.
The area witnessed wide spread of the yellow fever and this caused the population to fall drastically over the next few years. Series of floods and outbreaks of various life threatening diseases in the year 1711 resulted in moving the town to the junction of ...
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