Movers Directory of Moving Companies in Alabama
 About Alabama If the 5 largest cities of this State in America are Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa which State would you be? Alabama, of course. A simple and unassuming State, Alabama is known for its white tranquil beaches kissing the near-permanent sunny blue skies to create an unforgettable environment. Complete with the State’s famous bird-watching zones and hiking trails, Alabama merely shows its tranquility behind the southern pines and azalea bushes. One you know the State a little more, you will find the sophisticated 21st century tucked inside somewhere. Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the world as it is here that the rockets were assembled for taking man on the moon. With a population close to 4,447,100, Montgomery is the state capital. Alabama is known for many firsts – the most renowned perhaps is the first open heart surgery of the world which was performed here. With innumerable high-tech IT firms having its headquarters here, Alabama is the State to be if you are a professional in these fields. Incidentally, according to the language of the local Creek tribes, the word Alabama means ‘tribal village”. Called Alabamians, the local residents are proud of the fact that the State was, though for a short time the capital of the Confederate States of America. Credit for its discovery goes to Spanish explorers who arrived at Mobile Bay in 1519. The Confederacy was founded at Montgomery in Feb. 1861, and, for a time, the city was the Confederate capital. Today paper, chemicals, rubber and plastics, apparel and textiles, primary metals, and automobile manufacturing constitute the leading industries of Alabama. Continuing as a major manufacturer of coal, iron, and steel, Birmingham is also noted for its world-renowned medical center. The state ranks high in the production of poultry, soybeans, milk, vegetables, livestock, wheat, cattle, cotton, peanuts, fruits, hogs, and corn. Here are some interesting pointers for all of you who are relocating to Alabama: • Alabama's official state nut is the pecan. • In Alabama, state law prohibits anyone from pouring salt on railroad tracks. The penalty is death. • In the 1950s and '60s, Alabama was the site of such landmark civil-rights actions as the bus boycott in Montgomery (1955–56) and the “Freedom March” from Selma to Montgomery (1965). • State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights) • The State bird is yellowhammer and the official Nickname: Yellowhammer State, the origin of which may come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers”. |
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