Birmingham was called the “Magic City” due to its rapid growth in the early 20th century, driven by industrial development and mining.

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.

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 was affected by the 1974 Super Outbreak and was devastated tremendously by the 2011 Super Outbreak, which produced a record amount of tornadoes in the state, totaling 62.

Winters in Alabama are generally mild, with average January low temperatures around 40 °F (4 °C) in Mobile and around 32 °F (0 °C) in Birmingham.

The name of the Alabama River and state is derived from the Alabama people, a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived just below the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers on the upper reaches of the river.

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

Alabama, along with Oklahoma and Iowa, has the most confirmed F5 and EF5 tornadoes of any state.

Alabama’s population increased from under 10,000 people in 1810 to more than 300,000 people by 1830.