History of Alabama
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The history of what is now Alabama stems back thousands of years ago when it was inhabited by indigenous peoples. The Woodland period spanned from around 1000 BC to 1000 AD and was marked by the devel
Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County
Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama
The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861.
Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872)
Mississippi Territory
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The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the Congress of the United States. It was approved and signed
History of Alabama
…with Alabama were the Spanish, with the first permanent European settlement being Mobile, established by the French in 1702. After being a part of the Mississippi Territory (1798–1817) and then the Alabama Territory (1817–1819), Congress admitted Alabama as a state on December 14, 1819. After Indian Removal forcibly displaced…
1948 postage stamp depicting the Mississippi Territory
Washington Methodist Church organized in 1799; this building constructed 1828
Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Winthrop Sargent
Governor William C. C. Claiborne