Crime in Alabama represents a summary of the nature and extent of the crimes reported by local
criminal justice agencies to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information System’s Uniform Crime Reporting
(UCR) program. State law mandates that all...
Campbell served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1836 to 1837 and from 1842 to 1843. He was a justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1853 and 1860 and was Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederacy from 1862 to 1865.
According to a note, the young man died on January 12, 1860. The Varner-Alexander family owned the "Gray Columns" mansion before it was sold to Tuskegee University and became the president's home. Tintype is 3.25 by 4.25 inches.
"To Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur de Bienville, native of Montreal, Canada, naval officer of France, governor of Louisiana, and founder of first capital, Mobile, 1711. Born 1860. Died 1768. Erected by the Colonial Dames of Alabama, in everlasting...
"To Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur de Bienville, native of Montreal, Canada, naval officer of France, governor of Louisiana, and founder of first capital, Mobile, 1711. Born 1860. Died 1768. Erected by the Colonial Dames of Alabama, in everlasting...
The building was constructed in 1860, and housed "the largest carriage factory in Alabama at that time." At the time of this photograph (circa 1930s), the building was used by Vance Insurance Agency.
"Daniel Emmett composed the words and music of 'Dixie,' but it was Herman Arnold of Montgomery, Ala., who, in 1860, wrote the original band score from the music score that Emmett wrote upon the wall of the old Montgomery Theatre with a piece of...
The identity of the woman in this tintype has become confused. In 1994, this image was recorded as Jane Harville Peeples. The accession register entry from 1945 says this is Jane Peeples Harville, daughter of Nathan Peeples of Perry County,...
This 94-foot long covered bridge was built circa 1860 according to the National Park Service, though some local residents believe it was built around 1820. The sign on the bridge was erected in 1955. The bridge was destroyed by arson July 15, 1972
This 94-foot long covered bridge was built circa 1860 according to the National Park Service, though some local residents believe it was built around 1820. The sign on the bridge was erected in 1955. The bridge was destroyed by arson July 15, 1972
Lewis was the last surviving ex-slave from "Clotilda," the last known ship to bring slaves to the United States. The ship landed in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860.