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Mobile is one of the largest cities in the state of Alabama. Its history goes back to the area’s French times, when French-Canadians Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne founded Fort Louis de la Louisiane in 1702, which became the first capital of the colony of La Louisiane. The capital was moved to Biloxi in 1720, and thereafter Mobile was a fort and trading post named Fort Condé. With the Peace of Paris in 1763, the area became British, and the town was renamed Fort Charlotte.
In 1780, Spain conquered the region, which in 1813 became part of the United States. At this time there were approx. 300 inhabitants in Mobile, but soon after the city grew considerably due not least to the good location for river transport and later trade with e.g. cotton. In the early 1860s, Mobile was one of the largest cities in the American South, and the city’s growth continued with the establishment of a shipyard and steel industry.
Today you can take some wonderful walks in Mobile’s cozy streets, where low houses with balconies give a real southern atmosphere. You can start the tour at Cathedral Square, the square’s green area was formerly part of Mobile’s 18th-century Catholic cemetery Campo Santo. Today, you can still see the city’s Roman cathedral, the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, on the western side of the square.
The current cathedral was built 1835-1850 in classicist style, and it offers a nice interior with stained glass windows. South of the church you can see one of the preserved Creole-style houses which are in several places in Mobile, the Bishop Portier House, believed to have been built in 1834 as the home of Bishop Michael Portier. From Cathedral Square you can walk down Dauphin Street, Conti Street and Government Street, which are the city’s main streets.
In the streets and central Mobile there are many architectural sights in different architectural styles. You can see, for example, the Scottish Rite Temple from 1922, which stands in magnificent Egyptian style with sphinxes placed in front of the eastern entrance. To the northeast is Mobile’s former railroad station, the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal, which was built in Spanish-inspired architecture in 1907. You can walk to Spanish Plaza as well, a lovely park in central Mobile.
The park is named in honor of the Spanish city of Malaga, which is twinned with Mobile. In the park, there are statues and art with references to the city’s Spanish era from 1780 to 1813. A few blocks west of Spanish Plaza is Barton Academy, which was built in 1835-1836 as Alabama’s first public school. Northwest of this, on the periphery of downtown, two large hospitals were constructed in the 1830s and 1840s, the Mobile City Hospital and the United States Marine Hospital, both of which are fine examples of Greek-inspired neoclassicism.
In the southern part of downtown Mobile, you can explore the city’s early colonial days. Here are the preserved ruins of Fort Condé, which have been partially reconstructed. The ruins and the rebuilt fort originating from the fort of 1723 is open as a fine museum. While visiting you of course can look at the historic military architecture as well.
Opposite the fort, you can visit Christ Church Cathedral from 1840 and the History Museum of Mobile, which depicts the city’s interesting history from pre-colonial times to today’s modern seaport city. The museum is housed in the beautiful old town hall of Mobile, which was built 1855-1857 as a combined town hall and market hall. The museum covers the nearby Phoenix Fire Museum too, which has old fire trucks in the exhibition at the town’s old and charming fire station.
A walk along the Mobile River is a great choice, and it is east of downtown. Most of the riverfront is built up with Mobile’s large harbor, but you can see across the water from Cooper Riverside Park. Here there is an excellent view of the harbor areas and the Mobile skyline. The park is named after Ervin Cooper, who founded one of Mobile’s major international maritime services companies, and in the park, you can see a sculpture of Cooper sitting on a bench.
South of the park, you can visit the GulfQuest Maritime Museum, which is a maritime museum about the Gulf of Mexico, and where you can learn more about the offshore industry, shipwrecks and the hurricanes that regularly hit the region. East of the harbor you can visit another museum, the battleship USS Alabama, which entered active service for the US Navy in 1942. Since 1965, the ship has been open as a museum.
Biloxi is a city in the state of Mississippi located along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city was founded by the French in 1699, which however happened in the so-called Old Biloxi, which was in today’s Ocean Springs. The current Biloxi was settled in 1720, and in the same year the capital of French La Louisiane was moved here from Mobile. However, La Nouvelle-Orléans was built at the same time, and as an inland port it became the new capital in 1722.
After the Seven Years’ War 1756-1763, France had to cede Biloxi and other land east of the Mississippi to England, who ruled the city until 1779, after which it became Spanish until 1810. After this, the city and the region has been American and admitted as a state to the United States in 1817. The following decades Biloxi grew as a new resort town on the coast with many wealthy people building mansions here.
Today there are several things to see in Biloxi, which is also beautifully situated on the Gulf of Mexico. The highlight of the city’s attractions is the Beauvoir House, which belonged to President Jefferson Davis, who was the only head of state in the Confederate States of America. Davis lived in Beauvoir from 1876 until his death in 1889. Today, the house is open as a museum, and it sits on the beach in part of the large parcel of land that originally belonged to Beauvoir.
On Beauvoir’s grounds you can also see the Beauvoir Memorial Cemetery, where 784 Confederates are buried, and where there is also a grave for the unknown Confederate soldier. Next to Beauvoir is also the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum, which is a presidential library and museum that tells the story of Jefferson Davis. The museum opened in 1998, and there is a statue of the former president among the many interesting things to see.
Biloxi is also known for the lovely beaches along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and you can also see the Biloxi Lighthouse from 1848. The tower stands as one of the few remaining along the Mississippi coast. In the same area of the city, there are also a number of casinos that attract guests to the city.
New Orleans is located in Louisiana in southern states of the United States, and they have a special charm. The atmosphere in the old center, also known as the French Quarter, is unique to the country with live jazz music in the streets, cast-iron balconies, horse-drawn carriages and old southern state charm, seasoned annually with Mardi Gras celebrations as one of the city’s many highlights.
The city of New Orleans was founded with the name Nouvelle Orleans, the capital of the French area of Louisiana. You can still see the French street names on signs in the French Quarter, and the language is still a bit different from the rest of the states. The restaurants offer dishes other than in the rest of the United States as well, since this is the home of the tasty Creole cuisine.
Jackson is the largest city and the capital of the US state of Mississippi. The city was founded in 1821 and named after General Andrew Jackson, who later became President of the United States. Until then, Natchez had been capital of Mississippi, but a more centrally located location was desired. Therefore, Thomas Hinds, James Patton and William Lattimore were sent out to find the right place, and they chose the trading post of LeFleur’s Bluff.
Architect Peter van Dorn designed a city plan for Jackson, and his work with streets like a checkerboard was inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s recommendations. The city developed and the railroad arrived in 1840, but during the American Civil War in the 1860s, large parts of Jackson were destroyed, and it had to be rebuilt. Growth quickly returned, and the population doubled from just over 4,000 in 1870 to around 8,000 in 1900.
Montgomery is the capital of the state of Alabama, and it is also one of the largest cities in the state. The area along the Alabama River has been inhabited for a long time before the European colonization of the Americas. Hernando de Soto led the first European expedition in 1540, while the first European to settle in present-day Montgomery was Scot James McQueen in 1716. In the early 19th century, war broke out between European troops and local tribes. American Andrew Jackson was at the head of the victorious American army during the Creek War, which ended with an Indian cession of large areas in Alabama and other regions.
In 1816, Montgomery County was created in what was then Mississippi Territory, and the first white settlers established Alabama Town under the leadership of General John Scott. Soon after, other settlers founded New Philadelphia as a separate town, but it wasn’t long before Montgomery was formed by merging Alabama Town and New Philadelphia. It happened in 1819, and the town was named after General Richard Montgomery.
Overview of Omaha
Omaha is the largest city in the US state of Nebraska. The area was visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804, and in the following decades several trading posts were established here. In 1846, Mormons established the temporary city of Cutler’s Park in the northern part of present-day Omaha. In 1854, Omaha was established as a city, and it was named after one of the region’s Indian tribes, whose land had been acquired by the US state from the same year.
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