BLAKELEY

NAME: Blakeley COUNTY: Baldwin ROADS: 2WD GRID: 7 CLIMATE: Hot in summer, mild in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: State Park. Off Alabama 225 on east bank of Tensaw River, north of Spanish Fort, Alabama. War between the States annual enactment. Picnic area. trails. REMAINS: Extensive War between the States entrinchments, cemetery, historical displays

Early river town of some size and importance. Settled shortly after July 1813. A newspaper was published her as early as 1819. Early County seat of Mobile County. Rivaled Mobile in 1820 in size and as a port. Died after the War between the States. Submitted by: Art Green

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