ALABAMA

1. ALABAMA Slide 1

2. ALABAMA HISTORY PROJECT CONNOR B. MARCH 23, 2012 Slide 2

3. TABLE OF CONTENTS SLIDE 1…………………………………ALABAMA SLIDE 2………………………………TITLE PAGE SLIDE 3………………………………TABLE OF CONTENTS SLIDE 4………………………………FAVORITE THING ABOUT ALABAMA SLIDE 5………………………………REPORT OF ALABAMA SLIDE 6……………………………….CHICKASAW INDIANS SLIDE 7………………………………BOBBY GOLDSBORO SLIDE 8………………………………STATE FLAG SLIDE 9………………………………STATE SEAL SLIDE 10…………………………….STATE TREE SLIDE 11…………………………….STATE BIRD SLIDE 12…………………………….STATE FLOWER SLIDE 13…………………………….STATE FISH SLIDE 14……………………………STATE SONG SLIDE 15…………………………….COAT OF ARMS SLIDE 16………………………ALABAMA GOVERNER SLIDE 17…………………………….ALABAMA PRESIDENT SLIDE 18-19………………ALABAMA PAPER ARTICLES SLIDE 20 ………………….ALABAMA ATRACTIONS SLIDE 21……………………AUTOBIOGRAPHY Slide 3

4. FAVORITE THING ABOUT ALABAMA My favorite thing about Alabama is that I can go hunting whenever I want because I have a hunting license. Another thing I like about Alabama is that every day, I can always ride my 4-wheeler and my go-cart. My uncle Billy has a friend that has lots of acres of land. When uncle Billy and I ALWAYS go over there, we ALWAYS bring my 4-wheeler and his 4-wheeler. Me and him always make a deal that if I don`t hear a BOOM of a gun and its 6:00, go to his truck and wait to see if he comes back. After that is over, we go home and take a shower. Slide 4

5. ALABAMA Some Spanish explorers thought they have arrived at Mobile Bay in 1519, and the area was visited again in 1540 by Hernondo de Soto. At Fort Lois de la Mobile, the French found Alabama in 1702. In 1763, the British got control of the land by the Treaty of Paris. They had to abandon almost all the Alabama region to the U.S and Spain after the American Revolution. In February, 1861 the confederacy was found in Montgomery. Montgomery, for a time, was the Confederate capital. When the state slowly improved by machines , it was in the 19th century. Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver both worked at Tuskegee Institute. Slide 5

6. CHICKASAW INDIANS The Chickasaw Indians got their tribe name by a great Chickasaw leader named Chickasha. The Chickasaws usually live in Mississippi , Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. Most Chickasaws were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800’s, and their relatives still live today. Most Chickasaw people speak English. Some people speak their native Chickasaw language. Chickasaw language is very similar to Choctaw language. Chickasaw men were hunters and usually went to wars to protect their families. Chickasaw women were farmers, took care of the kids and cooked. Slide 6

7. BOBBY GOLDSOBORO Bobby Goldsboro's career has been extraordinary . He started out in the early sixties as a guitar player with Roy Orbison. He traveled all over the world and even toured with The Beatles! Bobby had sixteen top-forty hits including "See the Funny Little Clown." He had 29 singles. He opened for the Rolling Stones on their first U.S. tour! In fact, Keith Richards thanks Bobby with showing him a guitar method that he later used.  He sold more than a million records including "Honey," "Watching Scotty Grow" ,"Little Green Apples" and "With Pen in Hand". Slide 7

8. STATE FLAG Slide 8

9. STATE SEAL Slide 9

10. STATE TREE (Longleaf Pine) Slide 10

11. STATE BIRD (Yellowhammer) Slide 11

12. STATE FLOWER (Camellia) Slide 12

13. STATE FISH (Largemouth Bass) Slide 13

14. STATE SONG By: Julia Tutwiler 1st Verse of State Song Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee,From thy Southern shores where groweth,By the sea thy orange tree.To thy Northern vale where floweth,Deep blue the Tennessee,Alabama, Alabama, we will aye be true to thee! Slide 14

15. COAT OF ARMS Slide 15

16. ALABAMA GOVERNOR Governor Robert J. Bentley graduated from Shelby County High School and then put himself through college at the University of Alabama . He took Chemistry and Biology and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree within three years. After graduating he went to University of Alabama School of Medicine. During his first year of medical school, he met Dianne Jones of Montgomery. They got married in 1965. Robert joined the United States Air Force where he was commissioned as a captain, and served as a general medical officer in 1969. Slide 16

17. U.S. PRESIDENT President BarockOboma was born in Hawaii on August 4,1961. He was growing up with the most help of his grandfather who served in Patton’s army, and his grandma, who worked to a secretarial to middle management at a bank. He worked his way through college by scholarships and student loans, moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuilt communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. He attended law school where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. Slide 17

18. PAPER ARTICLE The earliest Rowell ancestor to settle in Covington County was James Rowell, son of Valentine Rowell who died in 1821 in Walton County, Fla. The Rowell family is described in the History of Marion County, S.C., as a prominent family. The earliest known ancestor is Jacob Rowell who had sons named David and William. William went west and David was the father of the aforementioned Valentine. (There was a David Rowel listed in the 1820 census for Conecuh County which could be this one.) Valentine was reared on the Peedee River in South Carolina. The family then moved to a site on the Duck River in Tennessee and later to Georgia. Valentine was married first to Susannah Eastderling, and around 1803, they became the parents of Covington County’s James Rowell. Their other children included Cullen, Cynthia who married James Knight, and possibly William and Robert. After Susannah’s death, Valentine was married a second time and had a son named Andrew Joseph who lived around Citronelle. In 1825, James was married in Bibb County, Ga., to Lucinda Wheeless a native of that state. It is possible that the couple lived in Jefferson County, Fla., during the Seminole Indian War as he was a soldier during this time. After the war, the couple moved back to Georgia and later emigrated to Covington County. Slide 18

19. PAPER ARTICLE Of the genealogical (12), John D. (9), Samuel (8), Martha (6), George W. (5), George Ann (5), and James A. (2). In addition, the household of John Floyd’s oldest son, John Lumpkin, was listed. He and his wife, Sarah E., were both 27 years of age with children ranging from eight years to six months. Also, in the household was Rachel S. Compton (47) who is probably Sarah’s mother. John Lumpkin is seemingly the most prominent Stewart in Covington County during the 1800s. John L. had first moved to Covington County around 1856 when he purchased considerable property around Rose Hill. That year he purchased about 440 acres of land in three different tracts. The next year, he added another 40 acres. In 1867, some of this land was transferred to the new Crenshaw County. In 1875, John L. moved his family into the historic “Mollie Colvin” house which he remodeled in 1877. He ran a store in Rose Hill and operated a water mill. He was one of the first to operate a horse-drawn cotton gin in the area. From 1878 to 1884, he served as Postmaster of the Rose Hill Post Office. Slide 19

20. The History of the Birmingham Zoo The first post-war support for a new zoo came from the Junior Chamber of Commerce. In 1946 Elton B. Stephens chaired a Jaycee committee to create a zoo. Planning and talking continued until 1949. City Mayor James R. Morgan was a key supporter and instrumental in the success of this new initiative. A Zoo commission was established and decided to build the Zoo on 50 acres of land with a budget of $250,000. The budget would be spent to build Monkey Island, an elephant house, bear moat, birdhouse, snake pit and seal pool. Funds were raised through private donations, charter memberships, and in-kind donations from a broad base of community and business supporters. Monkey Island, the Zoo’s first official exhibit, was dedicated on April 2, 1955. The Birmingham Zoo operated as a quasi-private venture until the City Commission decided to assume responsibility in November 1955 with an initial annual budget of $663,000. Some years later the Birmingham Zoological Society was created to raise funds to supplement the escalating Zoo needs. Slide 20

21. AUTOBIOGRAPHY Before I lived in Alabama, I lived in Tucson, Arizona. I used to know every church name and every lake or river in the area. There, it was the best place I ever lived. When my dad retired, my mom wanted to move to Alabama because it’s where she grew up, it’s her childhood. So we flew an airplane to Dothan, Alabama. When we got into Ozark, the first thing we saw was my Grandmother ! She gave us hugs, kisses , hugs , and some more kisses! She got me and my sister a present(a family tradition). She got me a bee bee gun and she got my sister a purse and some makeup. We left an hour later and unpacked at my uncle’s house. A month later , my uncle came home from work and he said there was a house for rent. So all of us jammed in our car and drove to where the house was. My mom liked it . My dad liked it. So we got the house and that’s where we are today , in the house that isn’t for rent anymore! Slide 21