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| Details | Bibliography || and the Settlement of Mobile 1702
French, led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, found
Mobile, capital of French Louisiana, on a bluff 27 miles north
of mouth of Mobile River; town clustered around Fort Louis. 1711
After upriver site flooded, Mobile moved to permanent settlement
on west bank of Mobile River; Fort Condé built to protect
settlers. 1718 Biloxi supplants Mobile as capital of French
Louisiana, and in 1720 New Orleans replaces Biloxi. Mobile
serves as the main center for trade with the Muscogee Indians.
1763 British claim Mobile as part of settlement of French and
Indian War in Treaty of Paris of 1763. 1780 Spanish occupy
Mobile during American Revolution. 1783 Spanish gain title to
British West Florida, including Mobile, in Treaty of Paris of
1783. 1803 Louisiana PurchaseU.S. claims that Mobile is part of
West Florida, which was included in Purchase lands. 1804 Mobile
placed in a U.S. Customs District