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 Alabama
Photo: Natchez Trace National Park, courtesy
National Parks Service
Famous Alabamians
Alabama Trivia
State Bird:
Yellowhammer
State Game Bird: Wild Turkey
State Butterfly: Monarch Butterfly
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Horse: Racking Horse Equus
caballus
State Mammal: Black Bear
State Freshwater Fish: Largemouth
Bass
State Saltwater Fish: Tarpon
State Reptile: Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
State Amphibian: Red Hills Salamander
State Tree: Southern Longleaf Pine
State Fruit Tree: Peach
State Nut: Pecan
State Flower: Camelia
State Wildflower: Oak leaf hydrangea
State Fruit: Blackberry
State Gemstone: Star Blue Quartz
State Rock: Marble
State Mineral: Hematite
State Fossil: Zeuglodon - whale,
Basilosaurus cetoides, Eocene period
State Poets Laureate: Sue Walker
State Song: Alabama
written by Julia S.
Tutwiler, composed by Edna Gockel Gussen
March 3, 1931
State Motto:
Audemus jura nostra defendere We dare defend our rights. We dare
maintain our rights.
State Capital: Montgomery
State Nickname: Yellowhammer State
State Colors: Red & White
State Mascot: The Eastern Tiger
Swallowtail became the state mascot and
butterfly in 1989. The legislation was
requested
by the Selma City Council. Selma is designated
as the Butterfly Capital of Alabama and the
Eastern
Swallowtail is its mascot.
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 State
Flag: A crimson St. Andrew's cross on a
white field, patterned after the Confederate
Battle Flag, and adopted in 1895. Alabama became
a Territory Territory by Act of March 3, 1817,
effective Aug. 15, 1817.Alabama was made a state
on Dec. 14, 1819 and is our 22nd state
Origin of state's name: Means "tribal town,
campsite or clearing" in the Creek/Muskogean
Indian language.
It became used as a name for
one of the major tribes in the area, The alabama
or Alabamee Indians.
Highest Point: Cheaha Mountain; 2,407 feet
Lowest Point: Gulf of Mexico; Sea level
Agriculture:
Poultry and eggs, cattle, nursery stock,
peanuts, cotton, vegetables, milk, soybeans.
Industry: Paper, lumber and wood
products, mining, rubber and plastic
products, transportation equipment, apparel.
National Forests: Conecuh, Talladega,
Tuskegee, and William B. Bankhead National
Forests
National Parks:
Click here.
State Parks:
Click here.
Native American Tribes:
The Alabama tribe,
The Biloxi tribe, The Cherokee tribe, The
Chickasaw tribe, The Choctaw tribe, The Koasati
tribe, The Muskogee (Creek) tribe (including the
Abihka, Coosa, and Tallapoosa)
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