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Montgomery (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 22 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.3667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 086 18 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -86.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in SE central Alabama on Alabama River; political center of state & 1st capital of Confederacy in Civil War; captured by Union troops in 1865; center of civil rights actions led by Martin Luther King, Jr. to oppose segregation in 1950s & 1960s. |
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| Montgomery (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for General Richard Montgomery who was killed in Revolutionary War |
| Cradle of the Confederacy (H,V)
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............ | nicknamed because capitol was site of formation of Confederate States of America in 1861 |
| Fort Toulouse (H,V)
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............ | site of French fort established in 1715 is nearby |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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ancient site for mound builders & later of Amerindian villages; founded & chartered by consolidation of 2 settlements in 1819 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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from 1847 |
| county seat (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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for cotton, lumber & livestock |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for commercial fertilizer & for furniture |
| inland port (C) |
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| military center (C) |
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for Maxwell & Gunter Air Force bases (including Air University system), providing economic & civic support to city |
| educational center (C) |
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for Huntingdon College (1854) & Alabama State University (transferred to Montgomery from Marion in 1887) |
| tourist center (C) |
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for capitol, 1st White House of the Confederacy (residence of President Jefferson Davis), State Archives & Historical Museum |
| national capital (H) |
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for Confederate States of America from 1861 until replaced by Richmond, Virginia in 1862 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Alabama .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7002659] |
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