On This Day In Alabama History: Fort Louis Established Near Mobile
By Graydon Rust Alabama 200
January 20, 1702
French colonists established Fort Louis de la Louisiane on a bluff 27 miles north of present-day Mobile. Established by Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville from his base at Fort Maurepas, the colony was placed under the leadership of his younger brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville as one of a series of fortifications meant to protect French territory in the Mississippi Valley. Fort Louis became the first capital of the French colony of Louisiana and served as the capital until 1711, when it relocated to Fort Conde in present-day Mobile. In 1976, Fort Louis was added to the National Register of Historic Places and, in 2001, was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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