Lost capitals of Alabama
By: Herbert James Lewis
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781626194427
Subjects: Capitals (Cities); History; Capital and capitol; Historic sites; Local History
Description: "Explore the history of the lost state capitals of Alabama"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-150) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. ST. STEPHENS : CAPITOL OF ALABAMA TERRITORY; title: Formative Period (1736/1816); title: Capital of the Alabama Territory (1817/1819); title: St. Stephens Loses Its Status as Capital Site of St. Stephens Today; title: 2. HUNTSVILLE : TEMPORARY CAPITAL (1819); title: Early Days (1805/1818); title: 1819 Constitutional Convention and Temporary Capital; title: Post-Capital Development (1820/Present); title: 3. OLD CAHAWBA : CAPITAL OF ALABAMA (1820/1825); title: History of the Site of Old Cahawba; title: Alabama's First State Capital (1820/1825); title: Temporary Resurrection after Capital's Relocation to Tuscaloosa; title: Civil War and Reconstruction : The Final Death Knell for Cahawba; title: Site of old Cahawba Today; title: 4. TUSCALOOSA : CAPITAL OF ALABAMA (1826/1846); title: Early Years of Tuscaloosa; title: Tuscaloosa Becomes Capital in 1826; title: Tuscaloosa's Post-Capital Years (1846/Present).