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  2. Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham was founded in 1871, ... The Memoir of Birmingham, Alabama's First African American Mayor, University of Alabama Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8173-1623-5;

  3. Timeline of Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham founded and incorporated. [1] Robert Henley becomes mayor. [2] 1874 Birmingham becomes seat of Jefferson County. [2] First Colored Baptist Church founded. Cholera epidemic. [2] Birmingham Iron Age newspaper in publication. [3] 1880 - Population: 3,086. [4] 1881 - Alabama Christian Advocate newspaper begins publication. [5] 1882

  4. History of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by real estate promoters who sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North railroads. The site was notable for the nearby deposits of iron ore, coal and limestone—the three principal raw materials used in making steel.

  5. History of Birmingham - Wikipedia

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    The oldest human artefact found within Birmingham is the Saltley Handaxe: a 500,000-year-old brown quartzite hand axe about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) long, discovered in the gravels of the River Rea at Saltley in 1892. Other parts of Birmingham are quite similar in this way, as people seem to have lived there for millennia . [1]

  6. Timeline of Birmingham history - Wikipedia

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    Birmingham Mail newspaper launched as the Birmingham Evening Mail. Birmingham Council agree to build offices on lands bought in 1853. 1871 1 June: Birmingham, Alabama established in the United States. School Board established in Birmingham as required by the Elementary Education Act 1870 and with the support of Joseph Chamberlain.

  7. Category:History of Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama (55 P) Pages in category "History of Birmingham, Alabama" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.

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  9. Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists (Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. [13] [14] Greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center. [15] Politically, as part of the Deep South, or "Bible Belt", Alabama is a predominantly conservative state, and is known for its ...