History of Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Journey back in time to Montgomery, Alabama, USA

• 1819 - Montgomery, Alabama founded
  State capital, grew from the 1540 French settlement Fort Toulouse.
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• 1820 - Steamboat Harriett reached Montgomery; river trade opened between Montgomery and Mobile
  
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  Church of St. Peter
  219 Adams Ave., Montgomery, ALABAMA 36101
  Established 1834
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• 1846 - Montgomery selected as state capital
  
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• 1849 - Capitol in Montgomery destroyed by fire
  
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• 1854 - Montgomery
  Montgomery, a flourishing city, capital of the State of Alabama, and scat of justice of Montgomery co., is situated on the left bank of the Alabama ri...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1861 - Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala
  February 8 - Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala
  February 18 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1886 - World's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery.
  
  
  
• 1886 - December 5 - A big snowstorm in the southeastern U.S. produced 11 inches at Montgomery AL
  
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• 1895 - Montgomery
  Montgomery, a city of Alabama, the capital of the state, and the seat of justice of Montgomery co., is situated on the left bank of the Alabama River,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1900 - Montgomery - The Cradle of the Confederacy by George Petrie
  Montgomery is best known to the general reader as the "Cradle of the Confederacy." He turns to its history, if he cares to read it at all, to get a cl...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1901 - SWEEPING FLAMES. ONE RESIDENCE BURNED AND ENTIRE BLOCK THREATENED.
  House Owned by Gay Brothers, Valued at $5,000, Destroyed. It Was Occupied by Bernard Frank.
  
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• 1906
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•  1908 - PASSENGERS JUMP FROM RUN AWAY CAR. Panic Among Occupants of Vehicle Returning From Ball Game In Montgomery.
  Montgomery, Ala., May 29. - A score or more of persons were injured in a panic late today on a crowded electric car returning from the baseball park, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1909 - Wright brothers established flying school outside Montgomery
  
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  Bird's Eye View of Dexter Ave., Showing State Capitol
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  Montgomery, Ala., Country Club
  
  "In 1893, The Cloverdale Land and Development Company was bankrupt, due to the nationwide economic panic of that period. During the next fifteen years, the Cloverdale site lay dormant with the exception of some... Read MORE...
  
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•  1911 - Fire At Buckeye Plant.
  The fire department was called to the plant of the Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil Mills on Maple Street this morning at 10:45 o'clock. The blaze originated i...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1919 - Singer and entertainer Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) Cole was born in Montgomery
  
  
  
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  State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
  
  "The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama. It is located on Capitol Hill, originally Goat Hill, in ... Read MORE...
  
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  Veterans Administration Facility, Montgomery, Ala.
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• 1955 - Black seamstress, Rosa Parks, arrested for refusing to give seat on bus to white passenger; Montgomery Bus Boycott began; Parks named "mother of modern day civil rights movement"
  
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• 1956 - December 20 - Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses
  
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