USA Mega series #1; Alabama Traditional Cache

This is a one in a series of 51 caches (50 traditional (States) and a puzzle bonus (USA)) that will take you around the town of Thornbury.

All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.

                                            ALABAMA

• Origin of name: From Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers.

• Capital: Montgomery.
• Largest city: Birmingham.
• Population: 4,883,722 (2013 est) ranked 23^rd in the US.
• Nicknames: Cotton plantation state; Yellow hammer state; Heart of Dixie; Cotton state.
• Highest point: Mount Cheaha 2,413 ft.
• Admission to union: December 14, 1819 (22^nd).
• State motto: We dare defend our rights.
• State song: Alabama.
• State tree: Southern longleaf pine.
• State flower: Camelia.
• State bird: Yellowhammer.
• Area: 52,419 sq mi. Ranked 30^th in the US.

Did you know……...

1) Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel.

2) Montgomery was the birth place and capital of the Confederate states of America.

3) The worlds first electric trolley system was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.

4) Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.

5) Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world.

Congratulations to Tim'n'Marion on FTF