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Spanish explorers are believed to have arrived at Mobile Bay in 1519, and the territory was visited in 1540 by the explorer Hernando de Soto. The first permanent European settlement in Alabama was founded by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile in 1702. The British gained control of the area in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris but had to cede almost all the Alabama region to the U.S. and Spain after the American Revolution. The Confederacy was founded at Montgomery in Feb. 1861, and, for a time, the city was the Confederate capital.
Alabama Capital City: Montgomery
Alabama Capitol Tour
Alabama: Official State of Alabama Web site
Alabama Ringtones - Download Complimentary Alabama ringtones Instantly.
Admission to Statehood: Click for Date & List
Airports: Airports Map Airport Links
Amtrak: Amtrak South
Area: Area of Alabama 52,423 sq.mi, 30th Land 50,750 sq. mi., 28th Water 1673 sq.mi., 23rd Coastline 53 mi., 17th Shoreline 607 mi., 19th
Area Codes: Alabama
Biographies: Famous People from Alabama
Bird: Yellowhammer
Border States: Regional List Florida Georgia Mississippi Tennessee
Chambers of Commerce: Alabama
Climate: Alabama
Community Pages: Alabama Cities,Towns, Communities List
Constitution: 22nd State
County Profile: County Map Alabama 67 Counties
Current Events: Alabama News Headlines
Courts: Judicial System
Department of: Education Certification Alabama College System
System of academic college education, technical education, customized business and industry training, workforce development and adult education for all Alabamians.
Alabama State University
Montgomery
Driving: DPS
Economy: Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, cattle, nursery stock, peanuts, cotton, vegetables, milk, soybeans.
Industry: Paper, lumber and wood products, mining, rubber and plastic products, transportation equipment, apparel.
Facts & Trivia: USA States List
Flag: Alabama (AL)
Flower: Camellia
Cyndi's List Historical Societies
Geographic Center: Chilton, 12 miles southwest of Clanton
Geology Maps: Alabama
Ghost Towns: Ghost Towns
Governor: Office of Governor
Highest Point: Cheaha Mountain; 2,407 feet, 35th The Creek Indians named it Cheaha meaning "high place" -- an appropriate name, as Cheaha Mountain in Lineville, Alabama is the highest point in Alabama, at 2,407 feet above sea level. Visitors can overlook the vally from the park's restaurant.
Highways: Alabama Highways
History: History Timeline Historical Civil War Alabama Heritage Alabama Department of Archives and History
Hotels, Motels & Inns:
Kids Corner: State of Alabama Kids Site
Library: Alabama
License Plates: Alabama
Lottery: None
Lowest Point: Gulf of Mexico; Sea level, 3rd
Major Rivers: - Tombigbee River, Alabama River, Tennessee River, Chattahoochee River
Maps:
Major Lakes: -Guntersville Lake, Wilson Lake, Martin Lake, West Point Lake, Lewis Smith Lake
Media: Radio TV
Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere We Dare Defend Our Rights
Museums: The Virtual Library
Name: Alabama Means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language
National Forest: Alabama
Native Americans: Tribes and Villages of Alabama
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Population: Quick facts 4,447,100; 23rd, 12/00
Representatives: Alabama House: Members Alabama Senate: Members US House: 110th Congress US Senate: 110th Congress
Real Estate: Every Alabama City, Town & Community
Road Side America: Alabama
School Directory: Alabama
Soil: Alabama - Bama
Song: Alabama USA State Song List
Sports: Alabama Teams
State Parks: Alabama
State Quarters: Alabama
Symbols: Alabama Emblems, Symbols & Honors State
Tourism: Office
Travel: Alabama Travel
Tree: Southern Longleaf Pine
USPS Abbreviations: Official:
Veteran Affairs: Alabama VA
Visitor Guides
Alabama Wonder Full
Official visitors and vacation guide by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel.
Weather: Montgomery, Maxwell AFB
White Pages: AnyWho.com Over 90 million people listings, businesses, emails, & reverse telephone listings.
Yellow Pages: Yellow Pages.com
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Zip Codes: Alabama
Zoo: Birmingham Zoo
Great Books About Alabama
Alabama Off Beaten Path. Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether youre a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Alabama Off the Beaten Path show you the Alabama you never knew existed. Go spelunking and discover stalagmitic formations at Cathedral Caverns. Take a walk through history at Fort Morgan then hop the Mobile Bay Ferry for Fort Gaines
Alabama: History pf a Deep South State. Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by European nations, later to become a permanent part of the United States. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the 19th century, Alabama declared its independence and joined another nation
Alabama Off Shore Fishing. You can catch hard-fighting, delicious-eating fish on the Alabama Gulf Coast year-round. All you need to know is where to fish, how to fish, what baits, lures and fishing tackle to use, and what time of year youre most likely to catch the fish of your dreams.
Alabama What to Wear. True, it was a nice shirt, a gift from a friend, and still brand new. But even Will said, "I saw that and knew immediately if I wore that... it would be inviting trouble all day. But I hated that my friend - a white man - had bought it new for me at the Union's Convention... and that it was going unworn."
Dead Towns of Alabama. An easy-to-use reference work documents the many long-vanished towns, forts, settlements, and former state capitals that were once thriving communities of Alabama.
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