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Masque de la Mobile Celebrated
Societé de Saint Louise was founded by French soldiers at Fort Louis de la Mobile. Mardi Gras begins to become the holiday for french colonists to remember their homeland roots! This is now widely considered by all scholars to be the very first organized celebration of Mardi Gras in a city, of the New World. -
Bouef Gras First Celebrated
The Society' de Saint Louis, held their first "bouef gras" (fatted ox) celebration on Tuesday, This was the begining of the Boeuf Graf Society which was formed that year in Mobile. -
The Cowbellion de Rakin Society Parades
Michael Krafft and a group of other men, formally organize, and, in honor of their first parade, they call themselves the "Cowbellion de Rakin Society". " For their first 10 years, they parade on New Year’s Eve in masks on foot with only a few floats. -
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Civil War
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Cowbellion's Last Parade
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Joe Cain Appears as Slacabamorinico
Slacambamorinico was a representation of the chief of the Chickasaw tribe. Joe Cain rode a coal wagon through the streets of Mobile. -
The Mobile Women Mystics Hold a Ball
This is the first female Mardi Gras society in Mobile. -
The Order of The Doves Holds Their First Ball
This is Mobile's first Black Mardi Gras Society -
The Moonpie is Created
The Chattanooga Bakery Company creates the marshmallow pie that will later become a popular Mardi Gras throw. -
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World War I
Mardi Gras parades stop during the war. -
Emblem Cups are Thrown
The Incas were the first society to throw emblem cups -
Mobile City Council Adopts Official Flag of Mardi Gras
