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At one time the left bank of the Alabama River was inhabited by the Alibamu tribe of Native Americans. On either side of the river lived the Alibamu and the Coushatta, who were great mound builders. The city of Montgomery was built on the site of two Alibamu towns. European colonization began and many changes occurred in the area.
The city of Montgomery was incorporated in 1819 and became the capital of Alabama in 1846. Jefferson Davis the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 was inaugurated on the steps of the Montgomery State Capitol.
On April 12, 1865, Major General James H. Wilson captured Montgomery for the Union. In 1886 the city became the first city in the U.S. to install city-wide electric streetcars along a system, nicknamed the Lightning Route.
Montgomery was thrust into the spotlight of the early African-American Civil Rights Movement. The Montgomery Improvement Association was created by Martin Luther King, Jr., who was then the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
Today people visiting Montgomery can see the black granite Civil Rights Memorial. See the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the Alabama State Capitol dating from the 1850s, and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Thanks for sharing the information. I met another wonderful place.
That’s great information! I learn a lot from your writing!
Thank you Ellie I am glad you do. History has always been a favorite topic of mine.
I didn’t know much about Alabama! Thanks!
i love this series as you know!!!!!
Very interesting. The only thing I knew about Alabama was the song “Sweet Home Alabama”
I love that song but I have never been to Alabama
It must be a rural state as I have heard.
Thanks. I enjoy your history pieces, which I appreciate take some research to put together well, as you do here.
You’re welcome and yes, it takes time to put them together and there are 50 US states and capitals after all.