I was born and raised in the great state of Alabama!  Alabama is a southeastern state in the U.S. of A.  Are you familiar with Alabama?
I actually have been a few times, but I do not know much about its history
The nickname of Alabama is the "Yellowhammer State."  In fact, there are a chain of gas stations in and around Alabama called the Yellowhammer.  
When did Alabama become a state?  
The history of Alabama becoming a state is full and wonderful.  It all began around 1702 when the French colonists established Mobile.  It became the capital of French Louisiana.
Now I have been to Mobile.  Is that still the capital of Alabama?
History of Alabama
Alabama became a state of the United States of America on December 14, 1819. The United States arranged for Indian Removal after 1830, relocating most Southeast tribes to west of the Mississippi River to what was then called Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). These actions affected the Cherokee, Creek (Muscogee), and Chickasaw, among others. After this, European-American arrived in large numbers, bringing or buying African Americans in the domestic slave trade.
In antebellum Alabama, wealthy planters created large
U.S. Route 29 in Alabama
U.S. Highway 29 (US 29), internally designated by the Alabama Department of Transportation as State Route 15 (SR 15), is a southwest-northeast state highway across the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. US 29 and SR 15 traverse Alabama in a general northeast/southwest slope. It has never been a major route in the state; its significance was completely overshadowed with the completion of Interstate 65 (I-65) and I-85 during the 1970s. Today,