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Pulitzer Prize Winners of Alabama
The Pulitzer Prize, established in 1917, is one of the top awards for journalists and writers, and it has been presented to several Alabama authors in a variety of categories. The fiction winners include T.S. Stribling's Depression-era...
Confederate Warships
Three Confederate ships were connected to Alabama during the Civil War. The CSS Alabam a , captained by famed Mobilian Raphael Semmes , was the Confederacy's most potent ocean raider, disrupting Union shipping lanes in the Atlantic...
State Capitals
Alabama has had five capitals since it became part of the United States. During the territorial period, the town of St. Stephens (in what is now Washington County) served as the capital of the Alabama Territory, beginning in 1817. When Alabama...
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On August 13, 2014, EOA surpassed nine million page views.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA
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