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Home of George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts. The only person in the world that has ever been
hit by a meteorite was in Alabama in 1954. Henry Aaron was born in Aabama in 1934.
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Alabama's Top Tourist Attractions: State Facts: Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel: 800-252-2262 http://www.TourAlabama.org Capital: Montgomery Population: 4,447,100 Governor: Bob Riley (R, to January 2007) Entered the Union: December 14, 1819 As the: 22nd state Motto: Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere (We Dare Defend Our Rights) Nickname: The Heart of Dixie, The Cotton State, The Yellowhammer State Flower: Camellia Bird: Yellowhammer
Song: "Alabama" Origin of Name: May come from Choctaw word meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers" Major Industries: Paper, Chemicals, and Rubber and Plastics Historical Sites: Montgomery, founding site of the Confederate States of America in 1861, and later the site of the Montgomery bus boycotts in the 1950s and 1960s; Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in downtown Montgomery, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., served as minister; the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 Points of Interest: Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller in Tuscambia; the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville; and the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery Bordering States:
Alabama borders Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. |
