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The Alabaster Historic District, located on the shore of Lake Huron, contains an enormous open pit gypsum mine, with associated processing buildings, shops, and offices. [2] The district also contains the company town, with houses and outbuildings. Most of the worker housing was constructed as 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story frame houses with gable roofs. [2]
There is a local legend about a lone Muscogee man named Kowaliga that lived on the shore of Kowaliga creek, after being rejected for love by a women. [ 8 ] The historically African American community of Kowaliga was established by John Jackson Benson (September 1850–November 9, 1925), a formerly enslaved person, who was likely biracial .
Originally named the Salt Lake City, when constructed in 1907, the bulk steel freighter sank near Isle Royale in Lake Superior in 1918. It was the first wreck in Lake Superior to be valued at over one million dollars. [14] 8: Cumberland: Cumberland: June 14, 1984 : Near Rock of Ages Light [4
Fast-growing Alabaster is a city of more than 33,000 residents, located about 20 miles south of Birmingham in central Alabama. Since incorporating in 1953, Alabaster has seen double-digit ...
Wanda Jean Mays (August 19, 1959 – May 12, 1986) was an American woman who disappeared on Georgia Mountain near Guntersville, Alabama in 1986. She was reported missing by her aunt and uncle in the early morning hours of May 12, when they found the guest room in which she was staying empty, its window apparently broken from inside.
Wallace was Alabama's first female governor and was the only woman to hold the governorship until Kay Ivey succeeded to the office in April 2017. Wallace is also (as of 2024) the only female governor in U.S. history to have died in office as well as being the first and only female Democrat to have served as governor in Alabama history.
BESSEMER, Alabama - A 29-year-old Long Branch woman was found dead last weekend on the side of a secluded road in this suburb of Birmingham. The body of Miyell Johnson, also known as Kimberly Ann ...
Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who made up a story of seeing a toddler by the side of the road and then being kidnapped, was found guilty of misdemeanor counts Wednesday and plans to appeal, a ...