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Real Estate & Homes in Alabama - Alabama homes and communities
Alabama
Welcome to the Heart of Dixie!
Spanish explorers first visited Mobile Bay in 1519, and the state's first permanent European settlement was founded by the French in 1702. The British gained control of the area in 1763 but ceded almost all of the region to the United States and Spain after the Revolutionary War. Surviving antebellum homes reflect Spanish, French or English architectural influences, depending on which colonial power held power at the time of construction. When Alabama became the 22nd state in 1819, it was known for its agriculture. In 1881, Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute, where Dr. George Washington Carver carried out his famous agricultural research. Today, Alabama is better known as an industrial state that produces paper, chemicals, rubber and plastics. Montgomery was the founding site of the Confederate States of America in 1861, and for a time, the city was the Confederate capital. Montgomery is also home to the civil-rights movement. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to yield her seat on a Montgomery public bus, and the ensuing bus boycott was supported by such leaders as Martin Luther King Jr. The 1965 Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery also brought attention to civil-rights supporters.
Today, there are museums and historical sites throughout Alabama dedicated to both the Civil War era and the civil-rights era, from the White House of the Confederacy and the restored state capitol to the Civil Rights Institute, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and the Rosa Parks Museum & Library. Other points of interest include Helen Keller's birthplace, Russell Cave National Monument, Mound State Monument, the USS Alabama, and the Space and Rocket Center at Huntsville. The state's name comes from a Choctaw word meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers." Its capital is Montgomery, and major cities include Birmingham, Huntsville and Mobile. Nearly 4.5 million residents live in Alabama, which spans 50,744 square miles. In 2000, the median value of owner-occupied housing units was $85,100.
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