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Alabama’s Territorial Governors

Alabama’s Territorial Governors

In 1798 the US Congress formed the Mississippi Territory out of the present-day states of Mississippi and Alabama above the thirty-first parallel, but during the first decade of the nineteenth… READ MORE

The Rowen House

The Rowen House

Thomas Rowan was the son of Irish immigrants, who settled in Saint Clair County, Alabama in c.1854. He later purchased 130 acres in Leeds and built a home along an… READ MORE

The People Under the Lake

The People Under the Lake

Most have heard of man-made lakes—but have you heard about the lost cities or cemeteries that lie beneath some of them? In the 1950s, Alabama Power flooded thousands of acres… READ MORE