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Sod is grown on specialist farms. For 2009, the United States Department of Agriculture reported 1,412 farms had 368,188 acres (149,000.4 ha) of sod in production. [9]It is usually grown locally (within 100 miles of the target market) [10] to minimize both the cost of transport and also the risk of damage to the product.
Overton Farm is a historic farmhouse near Hodges, Alabama, United States. The farmstead was founded by Abner Overton, a traveling tobacco merchant from Raleigh, North Carolina . Overton purchased 160 acres (65 ha) in a bend of Bear Creek in 1817.
The Pinnacle, formerly known as Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm, is a 75-acre (300,000 m 2), 644,000 square feet (60,000 m 2), $100 million lifestyle center located in Trussville, Alabama, which opened on October 11, 2006.
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a major factor in opening the Great Plains to white settlement. Under the provisions of the Act, settlers could obtain title to a quarter-section (160 acres, or 65 ha) of land for a nominal fee, provided that they built a house, made certain improvements, farmed the land, and occupied the site for at least five years.
Cedar Crest, also known as Cedar Crest Farms, is a Greek Revival plantation house located near Faunsdale, Alabama. [1] It was built for Kimbrough Cassels Dubose in 1850 by Albert Prince, a slave. Dubose, born in Darlington District, South Carolina was educated at the preparatory school of Prof. Stafford who later was of the faculty of the ...
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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.