22nd State
December 14, 1819 |
Alabama |
The
Deep South |
Stars
and Bars
State Abbreviation: AL
Nickname: The Yellowhammer State, The Heart of Dixie, The
Cotton State
Origin of Name: Choctaw
tongue, translates the name as thicket clearers.
Alabama State Symbols:
Capital: Montgomery
Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere We
Dare Defend Our Rights
Alabama State Seal
Bird: Yellowhammer
Dance: Square
Dance
Fish-Fresh Water: Largemouth
Bass
Fish-Salt Water: Tarpon
Fossil: Basilosaurus
cetoides
Flower: Camellia
Gemstone: Star
Blue Quartz
Horse: Racking
Horse
Insect: Monarch
Butterfly
Mineral: Hematite
Nut: Pecan
Rock: Marble
Shell: Scaphella
junonia johnstoneae
Song: Alabama
Tree: Southern
Longleaf Pine
Wildflower: Oak-leaf
Hydrangea
Things to Know
Alabama was home to the Creek Indians. The first known European
explorers were of Spanish descent and arrived at in the 1500s, and
later the French and English settled here. After the French and
Indian War (1763) France gave its territory to England, but Spain
held claim to the territory around Mobile.
In 1783, which officially ended the American Revolution, Spain gained
Mobile, and the new United States received the rest of the
present-day state. America in 1813 claimed Mobile as a part of the
Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and drove the Spanish out of the area.
The Creek Indians lost their hold on the land due to General
Andrew Jackson. Alabama was part of the Confederacy during the
Civil War. In 1965, the Civil Rights Movement got its start in
Montgomery when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person.
The deepest gorge in the U.S. east of the Rockies is at Little
River Canyon near Fort Payne, Alabama.
The
Boll Weevil Monument
The only memorial in the world which glorifies a pest - the Mexican
Boll Weevil is located in Enterprise, Alabama.
Dothan Alabama is the Peanut
Capital of the World. Fifty percent of all the peanuts produced
in the U.S. are grown within 100 miles of Dothan.
Major Rivers: Tombigbee River, Alabama River, Tennessee River, Chattahoochee River.
Famous Alabamians:
Helen
Keller, 1880-1968, author and educator about blindness
Coretta
Scott King
Civil rights leader (with her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr.), Marion.
Rosa Parks,
1913-2005
Civil rights leader who refused to give up her bus seat to a white
man, Tuskegee.
Hank Aaron, 1934
An American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Aaron is best known for setting the Major League Baseball record for most home runs in a career (755).
Tuskaloosa, Choctaw chief
William Weatherford (Red Eagle) Creek Indian leader
Things To Do
Alabama State Bird and State Flower Printable
Color Page.
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Sites to See
Alabama
Through the Ages
A timeline of Alabama history from prehistory to modern day.
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