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Alabama: The History of a Deep South State (3rd ed. 2018; 1st ed. 1994), 816pp; the standard scholarly history online older edition; online 2018 edition; Alabama State Department of Education. History of Education in Alabama (Bulletin 1975, No. 7.O) Online free; Bridges, Edwin C. Alabama: The Making of an American State (2016) 264pp excerpt
1818 - Settlement designated seat of newly formed Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Territory. [1] [2] 1819 City of Tuscaloosa incorporated. Tuscaloosa becomes part of the new U.S. state of Alabama. 1826 - Alabama state capital relocated to Tuscaloosa from Cahaba. [1] 1831 - University of Alabama opens. 1835 - Battle–Friedman House built. [3]
Montgomery, Alabama, was incorporated in 1819, as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River.It became the state capital in 1846. In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May of that year. [1]
Alabama Department of Archives and History director Steve Murray is telling the complete story of the state's history, not just the Confederate side.
Alabama and Florida Railroad (1898–1900) Alabama Cooperative Extension System; Alabama Fever; Alabama Historical Association; Alabama Historical Society; Alabama Review; Alabama State Sovereignty Commission
September 9–14, 1979: Hurricane Frederic was the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall in Alabama. 130 mph was its wind speeds and 943 millibars was its pressure when it made landfall in Dauphin Island. Frederic's wind gusts also made history, at 145 mph (later tied by Hurricane Ivan). It had the largest eye ever recorded as well ...
A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the vessel arrived ...
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