Mobile Azalea Trail and History Review

Flashcards covering key historical figures, locations, structures, and terminology related to the Mobile Azalea Trail and Mobile local history.

Azalea Trail Maids

Official ambassadors for the city of Mobile who represent Southern culture, values, and hospitality.

Sam Lackland

A Mobile horticulturist who proposed the idea of the Mobile Azalea Trail to the Mobile Jaycees in 1928 after visiting Charleston, South Carolina.

Fifis Langlois

The individual who introduced azaleas to Mobile in 1754 after bringing three varieties from his grandmother's garden in France.

Mary Edmunds

Senior student from Murphy High School who was selected as the first Queen of the Azalea Trail Court in 1949.

Yolanda Betbeze

Mobilian who won Miss America in 1951, served as Azalea Trail Queen, and publicly shamed the pageant while advocating for Civil Rights.

Joe Cain

Mobilian who revived Mobile's Mardi Gras celebration in 1866 after the Civil War by parading through the city as Chief Slacabamorinico in a coal cart.

Chief Slacabamorinico

The Chickasaw Indian Chief persona assumed by Joe Cain during his 1866 parade that revived Mobile's Mardi Gras.

Barton Academy

Alabama's first public school building, constructed in Mobile in 1836.

Springhill College

The first college founded in the state of Alabama, established in Mobile in 1830.

Van-Antwerp Building

An 11-story structure built in 1906 that was the first reinforced concrete building and skyscraper constructed in the Southeast.

Oakleigh

Mobile's Official Period House Museum, constructed in 1833 as a T-shaped Greek Revival mansion by cotton broker James Roper.

Bragg-Mitchell Mansion

An antebellum mansion built in 1855 featuring Greek Revival style with Italianate influence, designed primarily for social entertaining.

Richards DAR House Museum

An Italianate style house built in 1860 by steamboat captain Charles Richards, known for its lacy ironwork depicting the four seasons.

Conde-Charlotte House

A historic house museum originally built as Mobile's first courthouse and jail, featuring rooms decorated to represent Mobile under 5 of its 6 flags.

Cowbellion de Rakin Society

The first modern Mardi Gras mystic society, formed on New Year's Eve 1830 by Michael Krafft and friends.

Order of Myths (OOM)

The oldest existing parading Mardi Gras society in Mobile, established in 1866.

Ellicott Survey Stone

A stone erected in 1799 marking the 31st parallel boundary between the United States and Spain.

Fort Conde

A reconstructed 4/5 scale 18th-century French brick fort located in downtown Mobile that serves as the city's official welcome center.

Fort Gaines

An uneven pentagon-shaped fort established in 1821 on Dauphin Island that defended Mobile Bay during the Civil War.

USS Alabama

A decorated World War II Navy battleship docked at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, nicknamed 'The Lucky A' and 'The Mighty A'.

Clotilde

The last known slave ship to arrive near Mobile in 1859, associated with the founding of Africatown.