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—An organization in Dothan (pop. 57,737) is offering as much as $50,000 to Jewish families that will move to the town, get involved at Temple Emanu-El and stay at least five years. As young Jews leave small towns, synagogues are closing, which inspired the offer.

first appeared: 1/11/2009

—The mournful sound created by the steel guitar in Hank Williams’ hits, such as “Cold Cold Heart” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” was the work of musician Don Helms. Born in 1927 in New Brockton (pop. 1,250), Helms was the last member of Williams’ Drifting Cowboys Band at the time of his death in August.

first appeared: 12/29/2008

—The world’s oldest professional ballpark still in use is Rickwood Field in Birmingham, built in 1910 by industrialist Rick Woodward for the Birmingham Coal Barons. Five antique light towers date from 1936 when the ballpark began hosting night baseball games.

first appeared: 11/30/2008

—The only antebellum octagon house in the state is in Clayton (pop. 1,475). The house, among a handful of such structures in the United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

first appeared: 11/16/2008

—Described as “the ride that warms your heart and tests your britches,” the annual Alabama Wagon Train is a 10-day, 190-mile ride by horse and wagon from Boaz (pop. 7,411) to Montgomery.

first appeared: 11/2/2008

—Huntsville’s Constitution Village, an open-air museum in which costumed guides re-create life as it was in the early 1800s, is situated where the state’s constitutional convention was held in 1819.

first appeared: 10/19/2008

—The nation’s longest one-state river trail is the 631-mile Alabama Scenic River Trail, which courses through rivers, creeks and a bay. The trail begins near Cedar Bluff (pop. 1,467) where the Coosa River enters Alabama, and ends at the Gulf of Mexico.

first appeared: 10/5/2008

—In 1704, the ship Pelican arrived in the French colony of Mobile bearing precious cargo—young French women to become wives of colonists. The women were nicknamed the “Pelican Girls” or the “Cassette Girls,” for the small trunks or cassettes that they carried.

first appeared: 9/21/2008

—Mail delivery in the village of Magnolia Springs is by boat to residents who have mailboxes on their boat docks.

first appeared: 9/7/2008

—Country singer Rasie Michael “Razzy” Bailey, whose No. 1 hit singles include “Loving Up a Storm,” “I Keep Coming Back,” “Friends,” “Midnight Hauler” and “She Left Love All Over Me,” was born in 1939 in La Fayette (pop. 3,234).

first appeared: 8/24/2008

—Exhibits on the struggle to secure voting rights for all highlight the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma (pop. 20,512).

first appeared: 8/10/2008

—The “Moon Tree” on the grounds of the state Capitol in Montgomery is a loblolly pine grown from seeds carried to the moon by astronaut Stuart Roosa aboard Apollo 14 in 1971. Other “Moon Trees” flourish throughout the United States as living monuments to America’s early visits to the moon.

first appeared: 7/27/2008

—Replicas of ancient Greek statues and the Temple of Hera ruins grace the grounds at Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum in Montgomery. Benjamin and Mary Fitzpatrick established “Alabama’s little corner of Greece” in the 1930s.

first appeared: 7/13/2008

—Spear hunter Eugene C. Morris opened a one-of-a-kind Spear Hunter Museum in Summerdale (pop. 655) in 2006. The museum showcases his big-game trophies, including an African lioness, a spear collection and other spear hunting-related memorabilia.

first appeared: 6/29/2008

—The first White House of the Confederacy was in Montgomery where President Jefferson Davis and his wife lived in the spring of 1861 before they moved to Richmond, Va. Davis’ family furnishings and memorabilia fill the 1835 Italianate-style home.

first appeared: 6/15/2008

—First held during World War II, the annual Hey Day at Auburn University in Auburn (pop. 42,987) is a beloved tradition when students wear name tags and are encouraged to say “hey” to each other.

first appeared: 6/1/2008

—Hand-hewn log churches and elegant Gothic Revival buildings are among the 32 historic churches on the North Alabama Hallelujah Trail. Each church is at least 100 years old, on its original site and still offers services.

first appeared: 5/18/2008

—In 2001, Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia that is volunteer-written and edited. Wiki is a Hawaiian term that means “quick” or “fast.”

first appeared: 5/4/2008

—Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom last year for her outstanding contribution to literature. More than 30 million copies of the 1960 race-relations novel have been sold. Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville (pop. 6,862).

first appeared: 3/9/2008

—The state has four national forests: Bankhead in the northwest, Conecuh in the south, Talladega in the northeast and central, and Tuskegee in the east-central part of the state.

first appeared: 2/24/2008

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