Mobile Mardi Gras
Title
Michael Krafft - The Father of the Cowbellion de Rakin Society
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Description
We join Eddie Wolfe, Mobile Carnival Historical Association, as he shares the history of the earliest Mobile Mardi Gras Society, the Cowbellion de Rakin Society. No better place to start than on the Birthday of its founder, Michael Krafft at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama.
Publication Date
3-12-2021
City
Mobile, AL
Keywords
Eddie Wolfe, Mobile, Mardi Gras, Michael Krafft, Mobile Carnival Historical Association
Disciplines
Cultural History | History | Leisure Studies | Museum Studies | Oral History | Public History | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Wolfe, Eddie, "Michael Krafft - The Father of the Cowbellion de Rakin Society" (2021). Mobile Mardi Gras. 8.
https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/mobile_mardi_gras/8