Let the Good Times Roll....a History of Mobile Mardi Gras By AYG21983 Feb 6, 1703 First Carnival experience occured at 27 Mile Bluff Apr 26, 1704 Societé de Saint Louise founded by French soldiers at Fort St. Louis de la Mobile Oct 10, 1832 Birth of Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. May 30, 1835 Joe Cain married Elizabeth Alabama Rabby Jun 11, 1846 Joe Cain helped organize the Tea Drinkers Society Feb 23, 1866 Joe Cain paraded around Moible dressed as Chief Slacabamorinico Feb 23, 1867 Joe Cain accompanied by rebel confederate rode through town on a decorated coal wagon, playing horns and drums, parading and celebrating Mar 9, 1872 Daniel E. Huger first reigned as Carnival King Felix I Mar 4, 1893 Ethel Hodgson ruled as Mobile's first Mardi Gras queen in 1893 Apr 17, 1904 Death of Joe Cain Jan 30, 1929 The Infant Mystics, the second oldest society that continues to parade, introduced the first electric floats to Mobile Mar 4, 1956 In 1956, the first Moon Pies were thrown by children in the Comic Cowboys parade Sep 9, 1966 Joe Cain was reburied in Mobile's Church Street Graveyard in 1966 Feb 19, 1967 Joe Cain Day Established Feb 7, 1974 Cains Merry Widows formed to morn the death of their "beloved" husband Jan 24, 1993 International Carnival Ball This was a joint effort including both the Mobile Carnival Association and the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association
