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The Civil War brought a temporary end to the annual festival. It was revived again in 1866, when one Joseph Stillwell Cain donned Chickasaw Indian regalia, climbed aboard a decorated mule-pulled coal wagon, and held a one-float parade through the streets of Mobile.
Enjoy Mardi Gras where it all began, in Mobile - "Mother of Mystics." 2011 celebration begins Feb 24, with parades almost every day and night through March 8, Fat Tuesday.