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In 1988, about 18 acres (7.3 ha) of the Spanish Fort Site were listed on the National Register of Historic Places, due to the site's archaeological significance. Spanish Fort is one of five Sharkey County sites on the National Register, along with Leist A, the Rolling Fork Mounds, the Savory Site, and the Cary Site. The Little Spanish Fort is ...
Spanish Fort is located at 30°40'7.403" North, 87°55'19.844" West (30.668723, -87.922179), [3] above the east shore of the Blakeley River where it enters Mobile Bay. U.S. Routes 90 and 98 (Battleship Parkway) lead west across the Mobile River and its distributaries 9 miles (14 km) to Mobile.
The population of Spanish Fort was 50 in 2000, but the majority of the structures in the square remained vacant and abandoned. [2] On February 10, 2009, an F4 tornado struck Spanish Fort. The strongest tornado of the outbreak touched down as a multiple vortex tornado just south of Spanish Fort initially snapping pecan trees. [3]
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Upon leaving US Route 90 and US Route 98 in Spanish Fort, the route heads due east towards the town of Stapleton, where it joins Alabama State Route 59 (Gulf Shores Parkway). About eleven miles later, the route leaves the Gulf Shores Parkway right-of-way and follows a town square around the Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette .
The first small fort here was erected by the French in 1701, before the founding of the city of New Orleans, to protect the important trade route along Bayou St. John. After Louisiana passed to Spanish control, a larger brick fort was constructed at the site of the neglected old French fortification; this was known as San Juan del Bayou ...
The Forts of the colonial Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain in North America, that were in the present day United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Eastern Shore Centre is a 540,000-square-foot (50,000 m 2) mall located at the intersection of Malbis Parkway (Alabama State Route 181) and Interstate 10 in Spanish Fort, Alabama, United States, a suburb of Mobile. A landscaped perimeter road, Eastern Shore Boulevard, connects the lifestyle and power center components of this hybrid regional ...