Baldwin County Genealogical Society
ALABAMA Trivia

ALIBAMU is thought to mean "thicket clearers" or "vegetation gatherers"
ALABAMA means "tribal town" in Creek Indian language.
Nicknames: "The Heart of Dixie" - "The Cotton State" - "The Yellow hammer State"
State Motto:Audemus jura nostra defendere - ("We dare defend our rights")
State Song: "Alabama" by Julia S. Tutwiler and Edna G. Gussen
ALABAMA Symbols:
State Bird - Yellow hammer
State Dance - Square Dance
State Freshwater Fish - Largemouth Bass
State Saltwater Fish - Fighting Tarpon
State Flower - Camellia
State Nut - Pecan
State Tree - Southern Pine
ALABAMA was named after the Alibamu Indian Tribe.
In the Union, ALABAMA ranks twenty-ninth in size.
The Creek Indians call ALABAMA their home.
AUBURN is the oldest co-educational college in ALABAMA.
ALABAMA was part of the Confederacy during the "Civil War".
Because of General A. Jackson, The Creek Indians lost hold on the land in ALABAMA
and walked the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma.
In 1559 Spanish settlements were formed on Mobile Bay.
Mobile was the first permanent non-indian town in ALABAMA in 1711.
In the year 1719 slaves were first brought to ALABAMA.
England takes control of ALABAMA area in 1763.
In the year 1783 most of ALABAMA passes from England into United States control;
but the Mobile Bay area is controlled by Spain.
In 1813 United States takes control of Mobile Bay area from Spain.
ALABAMA territory was formed in 1817.
In 1819 ALABAMA became Our Nations 22nd state (Huntsville was the capital).
University of Alabama opened in the year 1831.
In 1846 Montgomery became the state capital.
What is now AUBURN University was founded as East Alabama Male College in 1856.
In the year 1861 ALABAMA secedes from the United States.
ALABAMA was readmitted to the United States in 1868.
In 1892 AUBURN University and the University of Alabama football series started
The present state constitution was adopted in the year 1901.
In 1956 a court order was handed down to end segregation on Montgomery buses.
Lurleen Wallace was elected ALABAMA'S first woman governor in the year 1966.
In 1970 AUBURN University scored its biggest margin of victory over an SEC opponent
(AUBURN 56 - Mississippi State 0).
Laws were enacted in ALABAMA to stop pollution in the year 1971.
In 1982 George C. Wallace is first ALABAMA governor to be elected for four terms.
The Red-Bellied Turtle became the symbol for State Reptile in 1990.
ALABAMA has operated under six constitutions,
adopted in 1819, 1861, 1865, 1868, 1875 and 1901.
The states 1901 constitution is the nation's longest
with 315,000 words and more than 700 amendments.

Alabama state song (verse)

U.S.A. Census Bureau - state and county quick facts on ALABAMA