Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the
state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of
Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous
Tennessee Valley and the south by
Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is
Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is
Huntsville. Its oldest city is
Mobile, founded by
French colonists (
Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital of
French Louisiana.
Greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center. Politically, as part of the
Deep South, Alabama is predominantly a
conservative state, and is known for its
Southern culture. Within Alabama,
American football, particularly at the
college level, plays a major part of the state's culture.
Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the
American Revolutionary War. Spain held Mobile as part of
Spanish West Florida until 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major
producer of cotton, and widely used
African Americanslave labor. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the
Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the
American Civil War, Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a few
cash crops being the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed
Jim Crow laws from the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the
Selma to Montgomery march made the state a major focal point of the
civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)
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Skyline of Mobile from Fort Conde
The U.S. city of
Mobile,
Alabama is the site of 15
high-rises, all of which stand taller than 100 feet (30 m). The tallest building in the city is the 35-
storyRSA Battle House Tower, completed in 2007, which is 745 feet (227 m) tall. The tower is also the tallest building in the
U.S. state of Alabama and the
62nd tallest in the United States. Mobile's second-tallest
skyscraper, the
RSA Trustmark Building, rises 424 feet (129 m) and stood as the tallest structure in the city for over forty years. Overall, four of the ten
tallest buildings in Alabama are located in Mobile. The city has more skyscrapers than any other city in Alabama besides
Birmingham.
The history of high-rises in Mobile began with the completion of the 11-story
Van Antwerp Building in 1907. The structure, often regarded as the first skyscraper in the city and the state, stood as the tallest building in the city until 1929, when the 236 feet (72 m)
Regions Bank Building took its place. Upon its completion in 1965, the RSA Trustmark Building surpassed the height of the Regions Bank Building and became the tallest building in Alabama. It held this title until 1986, when the 454-foot (138 m)
SouthTrust Tower was completed in
Birmingham, but remained the tallest building in Mobile until the 2006
topping out of the RSA Battle House Tower. (Full article...)
Barber Motorsports Park is an 880 acres (360 ha) racing facility in
Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by
George W. Barber, and includes the 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. It has been the site of the
IndyCar Series'
Grand Prix of Alabama since
2010. The Annual Barber Vintage Festival has taken place at the park each October since 2005. Barber Motorsports Park is also the home of the Porsche Track Experience. (Full article...)
... that in 1890 Cornelius N. Dorsette, often referred to as the first African-American physician in Alabama, founded Hale Infirmary, a hospital for Black patients and staff in
Montgomery?
... that in 2021,
Alabama state representative Steve McMillan sponsored a bill that later became law allowing restaurants to have outdoor dining areas for dogs?
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