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First Celebration
Pierre Le Moyne', declares his camp "Pointe du Mardi Gras", (Mardi Gras Point), as Alabama's first European settler's entered the Mississippi/Alabama/Louisiana Delta Gulf Coast Region. This is considered the first celebration of Mardi Gras in the U.S. -
Societe de Saint Louise
Mobile is formally made the capital of the French province of Louisiana. Masque De La Mobile celebrated until 1709. 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! -
Mobile host parade
Mobile hosts a parade on "Twelfth Night", by the Spanish Mystics. These parades are orderly, and well organized as compared to the mere "gatherings" in New Orleans, which was rough, with no organized activities. People simply celebrated as individuals which was the best way for themselves. -
Strikers
A group of young upstarts branches out to form the Strikers Independent Society, Mobile's second Mystic Organization. -
Joe Cain
Joe Cain appears as Slacabamorinico, chief of the Chickasaw from Wragg Swamp. He rides a coal wagon, through the streets on Shrove Tuesday. 1866 was the beginning of the modern era of Mardi Gras in Mobile. Beginning with daytime activities on Fat Tuesday, the carnival season in Mobile has grown through the years. -
OOM Parade
The Order of the Myths parade on Fat Tuesday.
