Historic Montgomery, Alabama

Last Sunday My Fella and I drove north to Montgomery, the state capital of Alabama and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.

Interesting facts about Montgomery and Alabama state:

• Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon
• the Monarch butterfly is the states official insect
• the pecan is Alabamas official nut
• the world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886
• singer Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) Cole was born in Montgomery in 1919 and died in 1965
• in 1902, Montgomery doctor Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere 

Here's some pics from our Sunday tour of Montgomery. Most of the photos are self-explanatory but you can hover your mouse over each pic for a quick description... and click on any shot you want to enlarge.

On the ground right in front of the Archives Building is a huge map of Alabama, detailing the places, people and events the state is famous for.

Downtown Montgomery is full of history and we took tons of pics.

But right now I'm ready for wine and pizza (and then more wine) so I'll save the rest of our pics for tomorrow.

Comments

[Don]

Really looks like an ideal city to spend days of touring in, did you see any old, historic residential areas?