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Shrimpboats at Dauphin Island Mobile, Alabama, has its beginnings in the Fort Louis settlement founded by the Lemoyne brothers . First French settlement on the Gulf Coast, Mobile will take its name from that of the Mauvilia Indians who inhabit the region.
A city of southwest Alabama at the mouth of the Mobile River, about 61 km (38 mi) long, on the north shore of Mobile Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. Founded c. 1710, the city was held by the French, British, and Spanish until it was seized by U.S. forces in 1813. In the Battle of Mobile Bay (August 1864) Adm. David Farragut defeated a major Confederate flotilla and secured Union control of the area. Population, 196,270+. |
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A state of the southeastern United States. It was admitted as the 22nd state in 1819. Montgomery is the capital and Birmingham the largest city. Population, 4,062,600+. |
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