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The character of South Alabama is largely determined by its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico: even the landlocked eastern three-quarters, cut off from the Gulf by the panhandle of Florida, is a region of gently-rising, sandy land drained by many winding, slow-moving streams. The area was not considered very good for agriculture, and so remained sparsely settled until late in the 19th century, by which time much of the native pine forest had been cut down. But the soil proved to be ideal for raising peanuts, and today the largest town in the region, Dothan, bills itself as the Peanut Capital of the World.
But it's the other corner of the region that is the best known: the area of Mobile Bay and the Gulf beaches. The city of Mobile was the first capital of French Louisiana, after its founding in 1702, and it shares much in common with the present state of Louisiana...including Mardi Gras. Mobile's first Mardi Gras "krewe" (a formally organized carnival club) dates to 1830--27 years before the first comparable organization in New Orleans.
Mobile shares much more in common with New Orleans, from its architecture (French, Spanish, and American) to its cuisine (heavily dependent on seafood) to its climate (hot and rainy in summer, but gloriously mild throughout most of the winter).
Articles
News from the Mobile Press-Register
Marine strangled girlfriend's basset hound to death, Panhandle police say
Mar 18, 2010 7:14 pm
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Jaimie Maldonado, 24-year-old Marine, faces facing felony animal cruelty charges, after investigators say he strangled his girlfriend's basset h...
Alexandria High School ends prayers over PA system
Mar 18, 2010 6:28 pm
"Every day in the morning we would have student-led prayer over the PA system and I looked this up. It's illegal," a student who questioned the legality ...
Pentagon open to extending Air Force tanker deadline
Mar 18, 2010 4:29 pm
The Pentagon is willing to consider a request to extend the May 10 deadline for bids on the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, a spokesman said today. (AP Photo/Azam...
Albertville, Ala. city Web site hacked, expletives plastered on pages
Mar 18, 2010 3:59 pm
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. -- The city of Albertville's Web site was hacked last weekend and the phrase "(expletive) U.S.A." was placed on the city's hom...
Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival set to return this weekend
Mar 18, 2010 2:32 pm
"I think this could be a big year. People are so anxious for spring. It's been a long, cold, wet winter," said Kathie Barton, communications director of ...
Baldwin County school system $4.8 million deficit projections on target
Mar 18, 2010 2:09 pm
LOXLEY, Ala. -- With all the state and local cuts in revenue figured in, Baldwin County Public Schools will hit the projected $4.8 million deficit in their fund balance by ...
Gov. Bob Riley to sign bill aimed at assisting coastal insurance market
Mar 18, 2010 2:01 pm
Senate Bill 10, sponsored by Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose, allows certain insurers to avoid the five-year waiting period before they can write policies in Alabama. To qua...
Mobile prosecutors seek to euthanize dogs that attacked toddler
Mar 18, 2010 1:31 pm
County officials have said that the girl was bitten and dragged by the dogs -- two Labradors and a blue heeler -- in her Semmes neighborhood on March 11. The girl&apos...
Elberta Town Council plans budget cuts in April
Mar 18, 2010 1:29 pm
ELBERTA, Ala. -- With income falling short of spending, town officials said they will make a 7-percent cut in the budget in April, but hope to avoid laying off any of the 1...
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