| Summary: | Color print view of the Prince Madoc Memorial Marker at Fort Morgan located near Mobile, AL. Marker placed in memory of a Welsh explorer who landed on Mobile Bay in 1170. Bronze marker surrounded by rocks and sand. Water seen in the background. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Prince Madoc Memorial Marker, at Fort Morgan, near Mobile, Alabama.' Printed on back: 'In memory of Prince Madoc, a Welsh esplorer, who landed on the shores of Mobile Bay in 1170 and left behind with the Indians, the Welsh language. Authority is - Encylopedia Americana copyright 1918 - Webster's Encylopedia - Richard Hakluyt, 1552 to 1616, a Welsh Historian and Geographer - Ridpath's History of the World - ancient Roman coins found in Forts in Tenn. These Forts resemble the Forts of Wales of the 9th and 10th centuries and of the white Indians of the Tennessee and Missouri rivers. Carter's News Agency, Inc., Mobile, Ala., Curteichcolor® 3-D Natural Colot Reproductions (Reg. U. S. A. Pat. Off.), 5DK-1153.'
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