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Alabama a land of soil and industry across time
The piece paints Alabama as a land where old South mellowness meets rapid progress. It highlights diverse resources from timber and soil to coal and iron, cites climate data, crops, and livestock, notes De Soto’s historical ties, and chronicles state capital shifts and industrial growth leading to a modern, developing era.
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Alabama
Fernando de- Soto
Cheaha
Appalachian Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Choctaw County
Prattville
Birmingham
DeSoto
Lower
Gulf Country
Louisiana
Fort Louis de la Mobile
Mobile River
Mobile
Mississippi
Beame
St. Stephens
Huntsville
Cahawba
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Jefferson Davis