#73 LOUISIANNE AVENUE
named for the great province of Louisiana which was founded by the French with Mobile as its capital in 1702. Louisianne Avenue is an east to west street located south of the 3-way stop at the southern most end of LaSalle Street on the east and the southern most end of Mississippi Street on the west. This link is about the archaeology of Old Mobile https://www.southalabama.edu/archaeology/old-mobile.html
#74 MAJOR FARMAR STREET
named for Major Robert Farmar who took possession of Mobile and the Alabama-Tombigbee area for the English king when the "Peace of Paris" was signed in 1763, and governed Mobile throughout most of the English administration. Major Farmar Street is northwest of the 3-way stop. It is a north turn off of Bienville Boulevard that connects to Cadillac Avenue on its north end. This is a link to an earlier post on this blog describing Major Farmar's role in DAUPHIN ISLAND'S NINTH ARMED AMPHIBIOUS INVASION http://dauphinislandhistory.blogspot.com/2015/08/monday-may-1-1769-ninth-armed.html
This is the link to the Encyclopedia of Alabama entry for MAJOR ROBERT FARMAR
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2613
This is the link for the description and location of the Major Robert Farmar Plantation Historic Marker near the Tensas River in Baldwin County. Major Farmar died in 1778 and he is believed to be buried on this property. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=02-02&MarkerTitle=Major%20Robert%20Farmar%20Plantation%20
(ed. note: Someone has defaced the east side of FARMAR STREET street sign at Bienville Boulevard. They have TAPED OVER THE SECOND "A" IN THE WORD "FARMAR" SO AS TO MAKE IT SPELL "FARMER." )
#75 MALDONADO PLACE
named for Francisco Maldonado, one of DeSoto's favorite young officers, who came to meet DeSoto in Mobile Bay with supplies and who escorted Lady Isabella, DeSoto's wife, but whom DeSoto failed to meet because of Indian trouble. Maldonado Place is just southwest of the 3-way stop. Maldonado Place is a south turn off of Alabama Avenue that connects to Mississippi Street on its east end.
This is a link that summarizes the attempt of Francisco Maldonado to evacuate the DeSoto Expedition from the Gulf Coast. This material states that in October of 1540, Maldonado had anchored his supply ships in the "Bay of Ochuse" which the author interprets to be present-day Pensacola Bay, however, after DeSoto received Maldonado's message, he declined to evacuate his expedition and that up until 1543, Maldonado returned to the bays of the northern Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to rescue DeSoto and his men. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00025122/00002/5j
#76 MARQUETTE PLACE
named for Father Jacques Marquette who along with Father Joliet discovered the source of the Mississippi River and who was a great pioneer of this entire area. Wikipedia link for Father Jacques Marquette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette
Marquette Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street.
This link says that Joliet was not a Jesuit priest but had been educated in that order.https://books.google.com/books?id=Oy4_AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA692&lpg=PA692&dq=%22joliet+was+not+a+priest%22&source=bl&ots=OjLN83NMlU&sig=FsXYPs-RS5jhJKeWcksfnac18jU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR6aSQyI7LAhXJeSYKHYLUClUQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22joliet%20was%20not%20a%20priest%22&f=false
Findagrave link for Father Marquette
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=671
#77 MAUVILLA PLACE
named for Mauvilla, a capital city of the Mobile Indians, located between the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, a hundred miles north of present day Mobile, and scene of a battle between DeSoto and the Indians. Mauvilla Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street.
This is the wikipedia link for the word "MAUVILLA" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauvilla
The wikipedia link for "MABILA" describes the Indian village where DeSoto fought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabila
#78 MCINTOSH PLACE
named for McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River where one of the first British settlements in the Gulf Coast area was established in 1763 and which was the first county seat of Washington County.
McIntosh Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street. This is the wikipedia link for MCINTOSH BLUFF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_Bluff
#79 MISSISSIPPI STREET
named for the Mississippi River and the area around it which attracted so many explorers from the Old World and which, therefore, was an important factor in the development of the Mobile Bay and River area. Mississippi Street is just southwest of the 3-way stop. This street turns south off of Alabama Avenue and ends near the main dune at its intersection with the west end of Louisianne Avenue. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the Mississippi Sound goes underneath the Dauphin Island Bridge and connects the Mississippi Sound with the Mississippi River via Lake Ponchartrain and the Industrial Canal in New Orleans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Canal
This link shows how Iberville's Voyage of Discovery to Dauphin Island in 1699 was due to the island's strategic importance to France's goal of claiming the entire Mississippi River Valley as the province of Louisiana http://dauphinislandhistory.org/robertoreg/1st_invasion.htm
#80 MONBERAUT PLACE (pronounced Mun-be-ro)
named for Montaut de Monberaut, a prominent French official in the Mobile area for several years before the coming of the English, and who made many necessary treaties for the English with the Indians from his Mobile home. Monberaut Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street. [ ed. note: "Monsier Montbereau" was the Deputy Indian Superintendent in Mobile during the British regime, circa 1765 https://books.google.com/books?id=2zglAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=%22Montaut+de+Monberaut%22&source=bl&ots=Dy5DURWAo-&sig=9vK6KuCMGFY9NlgvDEITTyhnXI0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHlJqt4o7LAhXMPiYKHchrBlwQ6AEIOTAG#v=onepage&q=%22Montaut%20de%20Monberaut%22&f=false
#81 NANAFALYA PLACE (pronounced Nanna-fa-ly-a)
named for the hills of Nanafalya, meaning long bluff, where there is an Indian village on the Tombigbee River. Nanafalya Place is located southwest of the 3-way stop. This is a short street that deadends east of its intersection with Natchez Street. [ed. note: The bluff is now generally spelled "Nanafalia" and is located in Choctaw County between Butler and Demopolis. Nanafalia Bluff gives its name to a lithostratigraphical term (naming of rock layers). NANAFALIA FORMATION is a layer of kaolin-rich Paleocene limestone found in a region of South Mississippi, South Alabama and South Georgia. The following link includes more information concerning NANAFALIA FORMATION LIMESTONE.http://itc.gsw.edu/faculty/bcarter/histgeol/Lithostr/Lithostr.pdf
#82 NAPOLEON PLACE
named for Napoleon Bonaparte who during his control of France forced Spain to return the Louisiana territory to France, and who in 1803 sold the entire territory to the United States. Napoleon Place is located southwest of the 3-way stop. This is a short street that dead ends east of its intersection with Natchez Street. Wikipedia link for Napoleon Bonaparte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon Findagrave link for Napoleon Bonaparte http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1350 [ed. note: The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 initiated a boundary dispute around Dauphin Island which was not resolved until Andrew Jackson's army's victory at New Orleans in January of 1815. In 1810, the newly established REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA extended its influence as nearby as Bayou La Batre. Soon after the U.S. conquered the Spanish at Mobile in April of 1813, the Royal Navy established control over Dauphin Island from the spring of 1814 until they finally departed in April of 1815.] Wikipedia link for the REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_West_Florida
#83 NARBONNE PLACE (pronounced Nar-bone)
named for one of Mobile's earliest property owners who came while the French were here and remained as a large plantation owner during the reign of the British.
named for the great province of Louisiana which was founded by the French with Mobile as its capital in 1702. Louisianne Avenue is an east to west street located south of the 3-way stop at the southern most end of LaSalle Street on the east and the southern most end of Mississippi Street on the west. This link is about the archaeology of Old Mobile https://www.southalabama.edu/archaeology/old-mobile.html
#74 MAJOR FARMAR STREET
named for Major Robert Farmar who took possession of Mobile and the Alabama-Tombigbee area for the English king when the "Peace of Paris" was signed in 1763, and governed Mobile throughout most of the English administration. Major Farmar Street is northwest of the 3-way stop. It is a north turn off of Bienville Boulevard that connects to Cadillac Avenue on its north end. This is a link to an earlier post on this blog describing Major Farmar's role in DAUPHIN ISLAND'S NINTH ARMED AMPHIBIOUS INVASION http://dauphinislandhistory.blogspot.com/2015/08/monday-may-1-1769-ninth-armed.html
This is the link to the Encyclopedia of Alabama entry for MAJOR ROBERT FARMAR
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2613
This is the link for the description and location of the Major Robert Farmar Plantation Historic Marker near the Tensas River in Baldwin County. Major Farmar died in 1778 and he is believed to be buried on this property. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=02-02&MarkerTitle=Major%20Robert%20Farmar%20Plantation%20
(ed. note: Someone has defaced the east side of FARMAR STREET street sign at Bienville Boulevard. They have TAPED OVER THE SECOND "A" IN THE WORD "FARMAR" SO AS TO MAKE IT SPELL "FARMER." )
#75 MALDONADO PLACE
named for Francisco Maldonado, one of DeSoto's favorite young officers, who came to meet DeSoto in Mobile Bay with supplies and who escorted Lady Isabella, DeSoto's wife, but whom DeSoto failed to meet because of Indian trouble. Maldonado Place is just southwest of the 3-way stop. Maldonado Place is a south turn off of Alabama Avenue that connects to Mississippi Street on its east end.
This is a link that summarizes the attempt of Francisco Maldonado to evacuate the DeSoto Expedition from the Gulf Coast. This material states that in October of 1540, Maldonado had anchored his supply ships in the "Bay of Ochuse" which the author interprets to be present-day Pensacola Bay, however, after DeSoto received Maldonado's message, he declined to evacuate his expedition and that up until 1543, Maldonado returned to the bays of the northern Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to rescue DeSoto and his men. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00025122/00002/5j
This link examines the confusion created when FRANCISCO MALDONADO was misidentified as "Diego Maldonado" by a famous DeSoto chronicler: The correct name of Francisco Maldonado is well documented from contemporary records of the Soto expedition and elsewhere, but later Soto chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega (1605) incorrectly reported his first name as Diego, and this erroneous name appears frequently in the secondary literature about Maldonado's visits. Garcilaso's account is famous for its exaggerations and misplaced names. http://uwf.edu/jworth/spanfla_450th.htm
#76 MARQUETTE PLACE
named for Father Jacques Marquette who along with Father Joliet discovered the source of the Mississippi River and who was a great pioneer of this entire area. Wikipedia link for Father Jacques Marquette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette
Marquette Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street.
This link says that Joliet was not a Jesuit priest but had been educated in that order.https://books.google.com/books?id=Oy4_AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA692&lpg=PA692&dq=%22joliet+was+not+a+priest%22&source=bl&ots=OjLN83NMlU&sig=FsXYPs-RS5jhJKeWcksfnac18jU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR6aSQyI7LAhXJeSYKHYLUClUQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22joliet%20was%20not%20a%20priest%22&f=false
Findagrave link for Father Marquette
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=671
#77 MAUVILLA PLACE
named for Mauvilla, a capital city of the Mobile Indians, located between the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, a hundred miles north of present day Mobile, and scene of a battle between DeSoto and the Indians. Mauvilla Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street.
This is the wikipedia link for the word "MAUVILLA" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauvilla
The wikipedia link for "MABILA" describes the Indian village where DeSoto fought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabila
#78 MCINTOSH PLACE
named for McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River where one of the first British settlements in the Gulf Coast area was established in 1763 and which was the first county seat of Washington County.
McIntosh Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street. This is the wikipedia link for MCINTOSH BLUFF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_Bluff
#79 MISSISSIPPI STREET
named for the Mississippi River and the area around it which attracted so many explorers from the Old World and which, therefore, was an important factor in the development of the Mobile Bay and River area. Mississippi Street is just southwest of the 3-way stop. This street turns south off of Alabama Avenue and ends near the main dune at its intersection with the west end of Louisianne Avenue. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the Mississippi Sound goes underneath the Dauphin Island Bridge and connects the Mississippi Sound with the Mississippi River via Lake Ponchartrain and the Industrial Canal in New Orleans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Canal
This link shows how Iberville's Voyage of Discovery to Dauphin Island in 1699 was due to the island's strategic importance to France's goal of claiming the entire Mississippi River Valley as the province of Louisiana http://dauphinislandhistory.org/robertoreg/1st_invasion.htm
#80 MONBERAUT PLACE (pronounced Mun-be-ro)
named for Montaut de Monberaut, a prominent French official in the Mobile area for several years before the coming of the English, and who made many necessary treaties for the English with the Indians from his Mobile home. Monberaut Place is located just southwest of the 3-way stop. It is a short street that dead ends west of Mississippi Street. [ ed. note: "Monsier Montbereau" was the Deputy Indian Superintendent in Mobile during the British regime, circa 1765 https://books.google.com/books?id=2zglAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=%22Montaut+de+Monberaut%22&source=bl&ots=Dy5DURWAo-&sig=9vK6KuCMGFY9NlgvDEITTyhnXI0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHlJqt4o7LAhXMPiYKHchrBlwQ6AEIOTAG#v=onepage&q=%22Montaut%20de%20Monberaut%22&f=false
#81 NANAFALYA PLACE (pronounced Nanna-fa-ly-a)
named for the hills of Nanafalya, meaning long bluff, where there is an Indian village on the Tombigbee River. Nanafalya Place is located southwest of the 3-way stop. This is a short street that deadends east of its intersection with Natchez Street. [ed. note: The bluff is now generally spelled "Nanafalia" and is located in Choctaw County between Butler and Demopolis. Nanafalia Bluff gives its name to a lithostratigraphical term (naming of rock layers). NANAFALIA FORMATION is a layer of kaolin-rich Paleocene limestone found in a region of South Mississippi, South Alabama and South Georgia. The following link includes more information concerning NANAFALIA FORMATION LIMESTONE.http://itc.gsw.edu/faculty/bcarter/histgeol/Lithostr/Lithostr.pdf
#82 NAPOLEON PLACE
named for Napoleon Bonaparte who during his control of France forced Spain to return the Louisiana territory to France, and who in 1803 sold the entire territory to the United States. Napoleon Place is located southwest of the 3-way stop. This is a short street that dead ends east of its intersection with Natchez Street. Wikipedia link for Napoleon Bonaparte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon Findagrave link for Napoleon Bonaparte http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1350 [ed. note: The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 initiated a boundary dispute around Dauphin Island which was not resolved until Andrew Jackson's army's victory at New Orleans in January of 1815. In 1810, the newly established REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA extended its influence as nearby as Bayou La Batre. Soon after the U.S. conquered the Spanish at Mobile in April of 1813, the Royal Navy established control over Dauphin Island from the spring of 1814 until they finally departed in April of 1815.] Wikipedia link for the REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_West_Florida
#83 NARBONNE PLACE (pronounced Nar-bone)
named for one of Mobile's earliest property owners who came while the French were here and remained as a large plantation owner during the reign of the British.
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