Alabama has areas administered by the National Park Service, including:Horseshoe Bend National Military Park near Alexander City Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne Russell Cave National Monument in Bridgeport Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site ...Read more
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Of the 383 mollusk species, 113 have never been collected outside of Alabama.
Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. It is also known as the “Heart of Dixie” and the “Cotton State.”
Suburban Baldwin County, along the Gulf Coast, is the largest county in Alabama in both land area and water area.
During Reconstruction, Alabama was represented in Congress by three African-American congressmen: Jeremiah Haralson, Benjamin S. Turner, and James T. Rapier.
The elevation in Alabama ranges from sea level at Mobile Bay to 2,413 feet (735 m) at Mount Cheaha in the northeast.
The first capitol building in Montgomery burned down in 1849, but it was rebuilt on the same site in 1851. The second capitol building, designed by Barachias Holt of Exeter, Maine, remains to the present day.
A super outbreak of 62 tornadoes hit Alabama in April 2011, killing 238 people and devastating many communities.
Snow is rare in much of Alabama, but areas north of Montgomery may receive a dusting of snow a few times each winter, with occasional heavy snowfalls every few years.
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.
Yeah, Alabama does get snow sometimes, but it’s pretty rare and usually light. Most of the snow happens in the northern parts, like Huntsville or the Appalachian foothills, while southern cities like Mobile barely ever see it. Biggest snowfalls are usually in January or February.
Yeah, Alabama does get snow sometimes, but it’s pretty rare and usually light. Most of the snow happens in the northern parts, like Huntsville or the Appalachian foothills, while southern cities like Mobile barely ever see it. Biggest snowfalls are usually in January or February.
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