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In 1830, LaGrange College in Leighton (pop. 849) became the state’s first chartered college. The school’s staff struggled to keep the doors open until 1862, and the campus was burned by Union troops in 1863. The site is now home to a pioneer museum village and Civil War cemetery.

first appeared: 12/19/2004

An early 19th-century tavern and stagecoach stop, Pope’s Tavern Museum in Florence (pop. 36,264) showcases city history.

first appeared: 12/5/2004

In 1992, the 100-acre Landmark Park in Dothan (pop. 57,737) was named the official state agricultural museum.

first appeared: 11/21/2004

The Civil War-era furnaces where the Confederacy’s tools for war were forged are preserved at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park near Bessemer (pop. 29,672).

first appeared: 11/7/2004

The world’s oldest chicken is Matilda, 14, of Bessemer (pop. 29,672). The gray hen, certified by the Guinness Book of Records, performs with "Mort the Mystifying" magic show.

first appeared: 10/24/2004

Completed in 1925, Wilson Dam and Lock in Florence (pop. 36,264) has one of the largest single-lift navigation locks in the world, measuring 110 feet by 600 feet.

first appeared: 10/10/2004

Condoleezza Rice, the first woman to serve as national security advisor, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. Her mother, a music teacher, named her after the musical term con dolcezza, meaning to play “with sweetness.”

first appeared: 10/3/2004

One of the world’s largest collections of military helicopters is displayed at the United States Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker (pop. 6,052).

first appeared: 9/19/2004

The oak-leaf hydrangea, with spikes of white blooms and green oak-shaped leaves, was named the official state wildflower in 1999.

first appeared: 9/12/2004

The broad-leafed trees and ferns of Dismals Canyon near Phil Campbell (pop. 1,091) were an ideal location for filming the Discovery Channel’s 2001 special When Dinosaurs Roamed America.

first appeared: 9/5/2004

The Birmingham Museum of Art, the largest municipal museum in the Southeast, contains more than 21,000 works of art, dating from ancient to modern times.

first appeared: 8/29/2004

Simmie Knox, the first African-American artist to paint an official presidential portrait, was born in 1935 in Aliceville (pop. 2,567). His oil painting of President Bill Clinton was unveiled at the White House in June.

first appeared: 8/22/2004

When Patricia Schubert of Troy (pop. 13,934) received orders for 300 pans of homemade rolls at her church fair in 1991, she knew she had a winner. Today, Sister Schubert’s breads are sold nationwide.

first appeared: 8/15/2004

Alberta Martin, one of the last widows of a Civil War veteran, died at age 97 on Memorial Day 2004 in Enterprise (pop. 21,178). In 1927, the 21-year-old widow married William Jasper Martin, 81, a Confederate veteran.

first appeared: 8/8/2004

Tuxedo Junction, a popular World War II-era song, was composed by trumpeter Erskine Hawkins, born in 1914 in Birmingham.

first appeared: 8/1/2004

In 1928, Clarence “Pine Top” Smith recorded Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie and named the “boogie-woogie” style of blues-based jazz. He was born in 1904 in Troy (pop. 13,935).

first appeared: 7/25/2004

Baseball Hall of Famer Henry “Hank” Aaron, born in 1934 in Mobile, holds the major league record for most career home runs: 755. He scored for the Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, and Milwaukee Brewers.

first appeared: 7/18/2004

On Nov. 30, 1954, Ann Hodges of Sylacauga (pop. 12,616) was napping on her couch when a meteorite crashed through the roof, struck her hip, and made her an instant celebrity.

first appeared: 7/11/2004

With 640 campsites, Wind Creek State Park near Alexander City (pop. 15,008) is home to the nation’s largest state-operated campground.

first appeared: 6/27/2004

Mobile is nicknamed the “City of Six Flags” because it’s flown the flags of the Spanish, French, British, Republic of Alabama, Confederate States and the United States.

first appeared: 6/20/2004

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