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MOBILE
"THE GULF CITY"
By PETER J. HAMILTON
Perhaps Mobile is the only American
city which has seen five flags wave as emblems
of the peaceful rule of as many civilized
powers. She has been French, English, Spanish,
American and Confederate by turn, and
her street names perpetuate her varied story.
In the original creole limits, we find Dauphin
and Royal, of the French era; Government,
St. Joseph, and Conception, of the Spanish;
just without, come many American names like
Jackson, Franklin, Monroe, and Congress; and
the Mexican War produced Monterey; while
Beauregard, Davis Avenue, and Charleston
Street, among others, point to Confederate
times and feelings. The Latin element is
merged in the Teutonic, but it is still shown
by the narrow thoroughfares, in the character of
