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  Mobile Bay Digital Library
The Mobile Bay Digital Library was created out of a need for distribution of two specific imagery sets for the area.
Under the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan, the photography was developed for wetlands and submerged aquatic vegetation mapping activities.
Determine and quantify the current extent of wetlands and the extent of wetlands loss or conversion within the Mobile Bay NEP Study area by habitat type, watershed, and cause of loss.
gulfsci.usgs.gov /mobile/index.html   (330 words)

  
  Mobile, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mobile was transferred to the British in 1763 as a result of the Treaty of Paris.
Mobile grew substantially in the period leading up to the American Civil War when it was heavily fortified and held by the Confederates.
Mobile's seafood industry rose to a position of note for a while, with Mobile Bay oysters acclaimed far and wide, but this waned almost to the point of extinction in the last quarter of the 20th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile,_Alabama   (1805 words)

  
 Mobile Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States.
The city of Mobile, Alabama, is situated at the head of the bay on the western shore.
In the summer the residents of the eastern and western shores sometimes enjoy the fruits of a mysterious natural phenomenon called a jubilee, when fish and crabs swarm toward shore and can be easily harvested by people wading in the shallows.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_Bay   (245 words)

  
 Mobile Bay – Article
Mobile made the best of its multi-cultural past and blossomed into a Southern French Grand Dame of character, known for Mardi Gras, old houses with elaborate wrought-iron work, and lush gardens and fountains.
Mobile’s Mardi Gras begins in late February and lasts until the day before Ash Wednesday in March and has only PG rated parades and celebrations, unlike the more risqué atmosphere of New Orleans’ carnival.
At the head of Mobile Bay, the Tensaw Delta, largest inland delta in the United States, extends over 200,000 acres to the north with miles of bayous, swamps, sloughs, rivers, and brackish tidelands in an impossible inter-connected network of waterways.
www.angelfire.com /journal/difleys/mobile.html   (2125 words)

  
 Mobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most commonly, mobile means something that is capable of being moved or is not static.
A mobile, a common type of kinetic sculpture.
Mobile, Alabama, a city on Mobile Bay in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile   (173 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Lighthouse, Alabama at Lighthousefriends.com
Mobile Bay is quite shallow, and in the early 1800s the best shipping channel inside the bay was only marked by wooden stakes and copper-clad barrels.
A Fresnel lens from the Mobile Bay Lighthouse is currently on loan to the Fort Morgan Museum, where it is on display along with the lens from the Sand Island Lighthouse.
The lantern room from the Mobile Bay Lighthouse is in the possession of the Alabama Historical Commission and is undergoing restoration.
www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=650   (1010 words)

  
 CG 53 Mobile Bay
USS Mobile Bay's primary mission is to operate as part of aircraft carrier battle groups or surface action groups in extreme threat environments.
Mobile Bay launched 22 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile strikes, and controlling carrier-launched attack aircraft that contributed to the complete destruction of the Iraqi Navy.
In spring 1999, the Mobile Bay sailed three times through the Taiwan Straits during a period of tension between Taiwan and China, and in June 1999 it was dispatched to Korea during the "Crab Wars" over fishing rights between North and South Korea.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-53.htm   (1634 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mobilians love their Bay and celebrate what a natural treasure they have in the body of water that early explorers dubbed The Bay of the Holy Spirit.
It was at the mouth of Mobile Bay where Union Admiral David G. Farragut commanded his ships to storm past mines and cannon fire from Confederate forts with his famous charge, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Every year, this famous naval battle and the land battles that followed are reenacted.
The future of the bay looks bright: Although industry along its shores has grown in recent years, studies have not shown pollution to be a problem.
www.mobilechamber.com /travel/stories3.html   (600 words)

  
 Fort Blakeley, Alabama - Scene of Last Major Battle of The Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mobile was considered one of the major targets of the Civil War but fear of its strong fortifications around the City and a need for troop strength elsewhere delayed advancing on Mobile.
Their strategy was to attack Mobile from the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, defusing the protective forts of Spanish Fort and Blakely*, four miles north, on the east side of the Tensaw River.
On April 12 Mobile was declared an open city and the remaining Confederate garrison retreated with the intention of joining the remains of the Army of Tennessee, then in North Carolina.
www.siteone.com /tourist/blakeley/battlehistory.htm   (1073 words)

  
 Mobile Point Lighthouse, Alabama at Lighthousefriends.com
Recognizing the importance of the bay, the United States took control of it during the War of 1812.
The fort was built at Mobile Point, located at the western extreme of the peninsula that stretches across much of Mobile Bay’s mouth.
The lighthouse stood on a bluff near the southwest corner of the star-shaped fort, adjacent to a hotshot furnace.
www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=597   (1134 words)

  
 CGC MOBILE BAY History
CGC MOBILE BAY was commissioned on 02 September 1979 as the third of the nine 140 foot cutters in the Coast Guard's "Bay" class of icebreaking tugs.
CGC MOBILE BAY is named after the bay on the Southwest coast of Alabama.
Mobile Bay, Alabama was the scene of a Civil War naval battle on 5 August 1864 in which the Union commander Admiral David Farragut ran a blockade of mines (then called torpedoes).
www.uscg.mil /d9/grumil/unit/sturgeonbay/cgcmobilebay/History.htm   (237 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau - Official Tourism and Convention Website for Mobile Alabama
Mobile Bay is the ideal destination for meetings and conventions.
The Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau is committed to the success of your convention, meeting, trade show, sports event or reunion.
Mobile Bay CVB staff will provide you with all the information you need on meeting facilities, unique venues, sports facilities, accommodations, spousal programs, itineraries, leisure activities and much more.
www.mobile.org /meet_home.php   (195 words)

  
 Mobile County
Mobile County was created by proclamation of Gov. Holmes of the Mississippi Territory on 1812 Dec. 18.
Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the State of Alabama, and is bordered by the State of Mississippi on the west, Washington County on the north, Baldwin County and Mobile Bay on the east, and the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
The word Mobile is believed to come from a Choctaw Indian word for "paddlers." The area was occupied by the French from 1702-63, by the British from 1763-80, and by the Spanish from 1780-1813.
www.archives.state.al.us /counties/mobile.html   (162 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Cruiser Mobile Bay loses commanding officer for 2nd time
"Mobile Bay's crew is blessed with strong leadership throughout all levels of the chain of command."
Joe Naman has assumed command of the Mobile Bay until a permanent commander is named.
Naman performed the same duty in September, when Capt. James Kear was removed from command of the Mobile Bay after superiors cited a "loss of confidence" in Kear's abilities.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20040320-9999-6m20mobile.html   (283 words)

  
 Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay
Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay
Aware of the danger near Fort Morgan, Farragut ordered his captains to stay to the "eastward of the easternmost buoy" because it was "understood that there are torpedoes and other obstructions between the buoys."¹ Unfortunately, the lead ironclad, the USS Tecumseh, unable to avoid the danger, struck a mine and sank into the oceans depths.
Yet, against all odds, the seasoned admiral ordered his flagship, the Hartford, and his fleet to press forward through the underwater minefield and into Mobile Bay.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/73morgan/73morgan.htm   (256 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau > Meetings & Conventions > Why Mobile?
The Mobile Bay Convention Services Department will work with you free of charge to help in all aspects of your planning.
Mobile Bay is famous for offering the freshest seafood around.
Mobile Bay is proud to be known for providing the best Southern Hospitality this side of the Mason Dixon.
www.mobilebay.org /mt_why.php   (407 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Lighthouse Information
Mobile Point's first lighthouse was a 55 foot brick tower built in 1822.
Because Mobile Point's light was equivalent in power to a common harbor light the Lighthouse Board made the decision to erect a new seacoast light with a more powerful first-order lens on Sand Island.
In August of 1864 the brick light tower of the Mobile Point light house became the target for Union artillery during the siege of Fort Morgan and the lighthouse had suffered irreparable damage.
www.brownmarine.com /mobilebay.htm   (445 words)

  
 Weeks Bay Reserve, Alabama
Location: The Weeks Bay Reserve is located near Mobile Bay’s eastern shore in Baldwin County, approximately 40 miles southeast of Mobile, Ala., and 50 miles west of Pensacola, Fla. The reserve property lies in and around Weeks Bay and the tributaries of the Fish and Magnolia rivers.
This sub-estuary of Mobile Bay averages just 4.8 ft deep (1.5 meters) and is fringed with marsh (Spartina, Juncus) and swamp (pine, oak, magnolia, maple, cypress, bayberry, tupelo and others).
Weeks Bay is a critical nursery for shrimp, bay anchovy, blue crab and multitudes of other fish, crustaceans and shellfish that support robust commercial fisheries providing $450 million/year for Alabama.
nerrs.noaa.gov /WeeksBay/welcome.html   (451 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Mobile Bay (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mobile Bay, arm of the Gulf of Mexico, SW Ala., from 8 to 18 mi (12.9–29 km) wide, extending c.35 mi (56 km) from the Gulf to the mouth of the Mobile River.
The Intracoastal Waterway passes through the southern part of the bay.
Admiral David Farragut, a Civil War naval hero, won the celebrated battle of Mobile Bay on Aug. 5, 1864.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MobileBa.html   (184 words)

  
 Mobile Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Its mouth is formed by a on the eastern side and a barrier island (Dauphin Island) on the western side.
On the shore of the bay are found several communities including Daphne Fairhope and Point Clear.
On August 5 1864 during the American Civil War Admiral David Farragut led a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and sealed one of the major Southern ports of the bay in Battle of Mobile Bay.
www.freeglossary.com /Mobile_Bay   (267 words)

  
 Mobile Bay on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1 from oysters - Mobile Bay, 1991-1992.
Bay Gas Storage Begins Development of a Third Natural Gas Storage Cavern.
Mobile Bay sailors get a new taste of navy chow.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MobileB1a.asp   (447 words)

  
 Bay Breeze Bed & Breakfast - Fairhope, Alabama - BBOnline.com / Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The 462 foot private pier has large covered areas perfect for afternoon naps, picnics, or just watching the spectacular sunsets on Mobile Bay.
This unique bay front stucco home was built in the early 1930's and has been lovingly restored, remodeled and enlarged through the years to hold family heirlooms and period antiques which date back five generations.
The entire downstairs of the house - a sitting room with fireplace, glassed-porch bay room, living room and kitchen - is devoted to the guests of Bay Breeze (click here for pictures, room descriptions and rates).
www.bbonline.com /al/baybreeze/index.html   (467 words)

  
 On Mobile Bay
But they are quick to point out that they had never dreamed of opening a BandB; it began in 1990 when they built a cottage for Bill's mother to live in as she recovered from surgery, and she died before she could move there.
Bay Breeze renewed my faith in BandBs, offering lots of comforts -- our cottage was well-equipped with a kitchen, TV and brass bed, and we could partake of ice cream and fresh fruit in the main house.
We knew about the lovely wide park that sweeps down to the bay shore, offering nice spots for picnicking or for a late-afternoon stroll, and have browsed many of the antique and art shops that draw thousands of visitors to the downtown shopping district.
www.nola.com /living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1124000699196900.xml   (1201 words)

  
 The Mobile & Bay Shore RR HS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Mobile and Bay Shore RR HS The Mobile and Bay Shore
The purpose of a historical society is to preserve history.
So much of this branch's history has been lost to the erosion of time, and this makes the task of documenting and organizing the remaining data so difficult.
www.trainweb.org /bayshorehs   (260 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Jubilee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jubilee is the name used locally for a natural phenomenon that occurs from time to time on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay.
To the residents of Mobile Bay's eastern shore, the jubilee remains as a mysterious -- and most welcomed -- gift from nature.
It uses material from the wikipedia article Mobile Bay Jubilee.
www.eurofreehost.com /mo/Mobile_Bay_Jubilee.html   (334 words)

  
 Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau - Official Tourism and Convention Website for Mobile Alabama
Thank you for your interest in Mobile Bay, a coastal area with unique culture, exciting activities and adventures, stunning scenery, distinctive cuisine and much more.
Our Communications Department is your resource for Mobile Bay destination information and materials.
The Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau (MBCVB) communications team works closely with travel writers, regional and national press, convention trade media and local media to develop stories on the Mobile Bay area.
www.mobile.org /med_home.php   (306 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Mobile Alabama
City of Mobile issues a Request for Proposals for A New Plan for Old Mobile-An Urban Planning, Design, and Economic Development Plan
Mayor Samuel Jones is serving his first term as Mayor of the City of Mobile and welcomes you to the City of Mobile Web Site.
If you would like to submit a request or report a problem to City Hall, this is your place.
www.cityofmobile.org   (165 words)

  
 Alabama Motorcycle Dealer - Mobile Bay Harley-Davidson, AL
Alabama Motorcycle Dealer - Mobile Bay Harley-Davidson, AL Home
Bandit says, "Click on me to check out our dealer logo items!"
GET YOUR DYNA TODAY BEFORE THIS DEAL EXPIRES!
www.mobilebayharley.com   (29 words)

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