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Sloss's success in bringing a railroad to Birmingham transformed the new community into a thriving city. [2] Because of the deal that Sloss brokered with them, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad invested $30 million (~$815 million in 2023) in mines, steamships, and other Alabama industries in the 1870s. [2]
The following table displays, by color, the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alabama from 1817 to the current year. As such, it may indicate the political party strength at any given time. The officers listed include: Governor; Lieutenant governor; Secretary of State; Attorney general
Electoral history Culpepper Exum: 1913 [data missing] [data missing] George B. Ward: November 1913 – 1917 [data missing] Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1905–1908 Chose not to re-run Nathaniel Barrett: 1917–1921 [data missing] [data missing] David E. McClendon: 1921–1925 [data missing] [data missing] James M. Jones Jr. 1925–1940 [data ...
A map showing the de Soto expedition route through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. Based on Charles M. Hudson's map. Tuskaloosa's province consisted of a series of villages, located mostly along the Coosa and Alabama rivers. Each village had its own chief, who was a vassal to Tuskaloosa, the paramount chief.
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
William Weatherford, also known after his death as Red Eagle (c. 1765 – March 24, 1824), was a Creek chief of the Upper Creek towns who led many of the Red Sticks actions in the Creek War (1813–1814) against Lower Creek towns and against allied forces of the United States.
Alan Eugene Miller is set to be executed on Sept. 26 in the shooting deaths of three co-workers in Pelham in 1999. Records show an extensive history of mental illness.
This is a list of slave traders working in Alabama from settlement until 1865: Anderson, Alabama [1] David Avery, Alabama [2] Barnard & Howard, Montgomery, Ala. [3] Bates, Virginia and Mobile, Ala. [4] Robert Booth, Richmond and Alabama [5] James Cooper, Montgomery, Ala. [6] William Cooper, Alabama [7] Samuel J. Dawson, Natchez, [8] Washington ...