Of the 383 mollusk species, 113 have never been collected outside of Alabama.

Reconstruction in Alabama ended in 1874 when Democrats regained control of the legislature and governor’s office through an election dominated by fraud and violence. They wrote another constitution in 1875, passed the Blaine Amendment prohibiting public money from financing ...Read more

Snowfall is less frequent along Alabama’s Gulf Coast, sometimes going several years without any snowfall.

The 1901 Constitution of Alabama included provisions for voter registration that effectively disenfranchised large portions of the population, including nearly all African Americans, Native Americans, and tens of thousands of poor European Americans. It also required racial segregation of ...Read more

Alabama has very hot summers with high temperatures averaging over 90 °F (32 °C) in some parts of the state and mild winters.

The “Alabama Fever” land rush occurred when settlers and land speculators poured into Alabama to take advantage of fertile land suitable for cotton cultivation after the state was admitted to the Union.

Cahaba in Dallas County was Alabama’s first permanent state capital from 1820 to 1825.

Invertebrates in Alabama include 97 crayfish species and 383 mollusk species.

Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states.

The first European settlement in Alabama was founded by the French at Old Mobile in 1702. The city was moved to the current site of Mobile in 1711.