The Five Capitals of Alabama: The Story of Alabama's Capital Cities from St. Stephens to Montgomery

by Tom Bailey

The story of Alabama's five capitals--St. Stephens, Huntsville, Cahawba, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery--begins in a rough semi-civilized Washington County village and ends at the old cotton town in central Alabama. Between these bookending governmental centers, the capitals have criss-crossed the state from north to south and east to west, following the political powers and fortunes of the times, and amid more noble arguments that the capital should...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588384276
• ISBN13: 9781588384270
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 12.0"