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The Alabama State Fair Montgomery is a state fair established in 1855 in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.. [1] The first event was named the Agricultural Fair and Cattle Show , and in later history the event went by the name, Alabama State Exposition .
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.
The Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. Opened in 1900, it quickly grew to be Huntsville's largest cotton mill in the first quarter of the 20th century. After closing in 1955, the mills were converted to office space that was used by the U.S. space program.
Officially incorporated in 1811, Huntsville became Alabama’s first town. It played a key role in the state’s early development, achieving territory status in 1817 and statehood in 1819. From 1810 to 1860, several cotton mills emerged in Madison County near Huntsville, leveraging the region’s abundant cotton resources.
Eclectic is located at (32.641285, -86.038571 [6]The town is located along Alabama State Route 63, which runs from south to north through the center of town, leading northeast 26 mi (42 km) to Alexander City and southwest 5 mi (8.0 km) to the unincorporated community of Claud.
Tracy W. Pratt, a Huntsville businessman who owned the West Huntsville Cotton Mill and would later be instrumental in building Lowe Mill, convinced the company to choose a site southwest of Huntsville. The company broke ground on 1,385 acres (560 ha) near Brahan Spring the following year, and the mill opened in 1900.
Oakland is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. [1] Oakland is a quiet community on Waterloo Road that is between Florence and Waterloo. There use to be a functioning elementary school till the early 1980s. Oakland Gin is located in the heart of Oakland and runs every cotton season.
The Forks of Cypress was a large slave-labour cotton farm and Greek Revival plantation house near Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It was designed by architect William Nichols for James Jackson and his wife, Sally Moore Jackson. Construction was completed in 1830.