Wayne Dean of Mobile, Ala., left, and Curt Colagross of Nevada City, Calif., both portray Chief Slacabamorinico as they lead the Joe Cain Day procession during Mardi Gras on Sunday, Feb. 14, 1999 ...

Mobile’s most unique Mardi Gras day also features the ‘Merry Widows of Joe Cain’, who flock into the historic Old Church Street Graveyard to somber music while weeping for the loss of their ...

Revelers in Mobile, Ala., are celebrating Joe Cain Day, which pays tribute to the man credited with bringing back Mardi Gras to the city after the Civil War. Debbie Elliot talks with curator of ...

Wayne Dean, dressed as Joe Cain, waves during a Mardi Gras parade in Mobile, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Joe Cain Day, named for a clerk who started Mobile's modern Mardi Gras by dressing up and ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG)— A Mobile couple got married at the Historic Joe Cain home on Sunday, to celebrate their Mardi Gras love, as well as each other. “Elizabeth has always loved Joe Cain Day,”… ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Known as one of the founders of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Ala., Joe Cain is still celebrated for his initiation of bringing about these great festivities. News 5’s ...

Before New Orleans, there was Mobile, Alabama — the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America. Mobile, founded by Roman Catholics from France in 1702, was home to the first mystic society, or "krewe ...

Alabama’s port city is holding a main event of its Carnival season, a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration what it is.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG)— A Mobile couple got married at the Historic Joe Cain home on Sunday, to celebrate their Mardi Gras love, as well as each other. “Elizabeth has always loved Joe Cain Day ...

Joe Cain Day, named for a clerk who started Mobile’s modern Mardi Gras by dressing up and parading through town in the late 1860s after the Civil War, roared back to life after taking a year off ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s port city danced and squealed ... Joe Cain Day, named ... a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration ...

Alabama’s port city is holding a main event of its Carnival season, a quirky bash honoring the man credited with helping make the nation’s first Mardi Gras celebration what it is.