Mobile Timeline

1730s
Bienville builds his “chateau” in area now known as Garrows Bend.

1818
Captain Monroe builds his house in Mobile.

1860s
Site for Fort Sidney Johnson, southern defense for the city of Mobile.

1888
Map shows Frascati, Bay Shell Road.

1893 
Hurricane levels Frascati.

1893
Monroe Park founded as a streetcar destination.

1897
First motion picture in Mobile viewed at Monroe Park.

1906
Hurricane washes away Bay Shell Road.

1916
Hurricane destroys Mobile Yacht Club and many buildings at Monroe Park.

1923
State Docks authorized.

1924
Babe Ruth hits home run in Monroe Park.

1926
Baseball stadium moved to Ann and Tennessee streets.

1936
Fort Whiting built on southeast corner of Arlington Fairgrounds.

1940
Southeast Army Air Depot construction started (became Brookley Field).

1942 
Brookley reaches peak employment.

1946
Monroe Park no longer listed in the phone book.

1959
Industrial waterfront causeway completed, cutting off access.

1969
Brookley Field closes; title to Brookley wharf at old Arlington Park passes to City of Mobile.

1970s
McDuffie coal terminal built.

1980s 
Title to Arlington pier passes to city, then to Mobile Airport Authority.

1980s
Mobile Airport Authority takes possession of city’s Brookley interest.

Late 1980s
Mobile banana docks razed to make way for a new convention center.

1995
Mayor Mike Dow proposes Monroe Park as the site for Hank Aaron Stadium.

2002 
Committee to restore Monroe Park forms.

2004
The Mobile Cruise Terminal opens.

2010
Arlington Park is developed and opened by the Alabama State Port Authority.

2015
GulfQuest Maritime Museum opens.

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