landmarks

ALABAMA LANDMARKS 



Russell Cave

Russell Cave is located in Northeastern Alabama. It was used for shelter as early as 7000 b.c., even as early as 10,000 years ago. The cave was a camping place for hunters during fall and winter. The cave showed that it was used by many generations. Much later, around 1000 a.d. farming began to replace hunting and visits to the cave became less frequent when paleo people hunted had become extinct. In 1953 Indians remains that old were found at Russell cave. And their were 23,496 visitors in 2005. It is 310 acres and 1.25 km. With a map it is 7.2 miles. You can't take deals, photos, or videos. For more than 10,000 years, Russell cave was home to pre-historic peoples. Russell cave provides close to daily life ways of early North Americans in habitats dating from 6500 b.c. to 1965 AD. The cave shelter archeological site contains the most complete record of the pre-historic cultures in the Southeast. The Russell cave Native American festival is an annual event held every spring. The festival features educational demonstrations of the authentic life ways of the southeastern Native American peoples. Experience firsthand the dances, artwork, and ingenuity of the Native people.

by George




Okay, its white. And its a house. Does that make it the White House? Well, sort of. It's the First White House of the Confederacy. The Confederacy was made of several southern states. They formed their own nation in 1861. The Confederacy fought the Union, or the Northern States over slavery. This was called the Civil War (1861-1865). Much of the south depended on farming. In Alabama, farmers grew cotton on large farms. African-American slaves were forced to work on these farms. Most northerners opposed slavery. In the end, the North won. The slaves were freed.

When did it become famous? January 2003. Where is it located? Across from the Alabama state capital. The house, built in the 1830's, a well known contractor and owned by a series of prominent Montgomerians, served as the first white house of the confederacy from February, 1861 until late May, 1861, when the Confederacy capital was permanently moved to Richmond, Va. During that time, the White House was the setting for many lavish parties and receptions hosted by Mrs. Davis.

by Latosha




 Fort Conde is located in Mobile, Alabama. Fort Conde was partially reconstructed in 1724-1735. It was a French fort. Fort Conde also features workable reproductions of 1740's naval cannons and muskets. It was built to replace an old fort. It grounded Mobile and its citizens for 100 years from 1723-1820. The fort had been built by the French to defend against British or Spanish attacks on the strategic location of Mobile and its bay as a port to the Gulf of Mexico on the eastern most part of the French Louisiana colony.

It was constructed of local brick and stone with earthen dirt walls plus cedar wood.

Fort Conde was built on the location of present day Mobile and was the capital of the French settlement until 1718.

by Gilbert



Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan was constructed from 1819-1934 as part of the defense of Mobile Bay. It was designed by the French military engineer, Simon Bernand. The fort is entered through the postern, which goes through the glacis. The glacis is a hill of soil which protects the fort from direct cannon fire. Battery Bower mounted for 8 inches, guns in a single continuous battery.

by Augustin 

Moundville

Spanish explorers Alonso Alvarez de Pine was the first European in Alabama. He sailed into Mobile Bay in 1519. There were 1,809 people, 688 households, and 478 families residing in the town. Mound State Monument in Moundville was a prehistoric Indian settlement and ceremonial center. It includes some 40 ceremonial mounds. The Moundville Archaeological Park is a national historic landmark consisting of a 320 acre park containing 26 prehistoric mounds.

In the 1300's Moundville was the largest Native American community in North America. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indians lived there before the Europeans arrived.

by Alexis



Tuskegee University The Instituted was opened in 1881.

Tuskegee organized a school and hired a young man from West Virginia named Booker T. Washington, a former slave, to be the school's principal. They named the school Tuskegee Institute and it is now called Tuskegee University. At the school they studied two subjects. They did a lot of subjects. All of their subjects were history, geography, literature, mathematics, art, and music. They studied making things, like sewing, shoe-making, carpentry, brick-making, and farming. Booker T. Washington was famous. He was alive in 1895 and died in 1915. He was the most widely known and admired African-American.

by Victoria

USS Alabama What is it? The battleship park is east of Mobile. It features tours of the USS Alabama battleship used in WWII and the Korean Conflict. Also on display are the submarines USS Dram and several WWII aircraft. When was it built? February 1940-October 1942. Why is it famous? It was the sixth completed ship named Alabama of the United States navy, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. When was it launched? In May 19, 1984. What color is the USS Alabama? gray and white

by Jose