Yup. Mobile was under Spanish rule at one point. There are things named for these Spanish folks around here...but, most names are French. Dauphin Island, just down ther road from me, was the capitol of all French terrories in 1699. Mardi Gras in the US has it's origins in Mobile, not New Orleans.
" Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was scheduled to present his findings Thursday to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Mobile, Ala.
Hmmm. There's an archaeological conference here and I didn't even know about it.
I love Mobile. We stayed on Dauphin Island and visited the city. Its like Charleston, but without the snootiness.