Most Native American tribes were completely removed from Alabama within a few years of the passage of the Indian Removal Act by Congress in 1830.

Alabama is 23rd in the amount of surface water in the United States.

A company of cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, Alabama, joined Nathan Bedford Forrest’s battalion in Kentucky. Their uniforms had yellow trim, leading to them being nicknamed “Yellowhammer,” a name later applied to all Alabama troops in the Confederate Army.

Thomas Bassett was a loyalist to the British monarchy during the Revolutionary era and one of the earliest white settlers in Alabama outside Mobile. He settled in the Tombigbee District during the early 1770s.

Politically, as part of the Deep South, Alabama is predominantly a conservative state and is known for its Southern culture.

Alabama receives an average of 56 inches (1,400 mm) of rainfall annually.

The expedition of Hernando de Soto passed through Mabila and other parts of Alabama in 1540.

While part of the same large language family, the Muskogean-speaking tribes in Alabama developed distinct cultures and languages.

Alabama’s coastal counties, part of the former Spanish West Florida territory, officially became part of the United States in 1819 with the Adams–Onís Treaty.

In 2002, the 11th US Circuit Court ordered the removal of the Ten Commandments statue. Chief Justice Roy Moore refused to follow the court order, leading to protests. The monument was eventually removed in August 2003.