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5. Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, March 26, 1935 HALL, FRONT HALL DOORS, STAIRS AND CEILING ORNAMENT
Moundville Archaeological Park - Encyclopedia of Alabama
Moundville Archaeological Park: This site contains the remains of one of the largest prehistoric Native American settlements in the United States. It is located on the banks of the Black Warrior River, 14 miles south of Tuscaloosa. Once a thriving ceremonial and political center of Mississippian culture, the prehistoric Moundville site was occupied for more than three centuries until it was abandoned in the 16th century.
Pictures of the day: 3 June 2013
The world's largest cast iron statue, Vulcan, towers over the city from its perch on Red Mountain Vulcan Park and Museum in Birmingham, Alabama
Downtown Prattville ~Larry Vinson
Downtown Prattville
Located at the approximate site Factory Street (Court Street) joined a wooden bridge for the crossing of Autauga Creek. In 1989, the area became a focal point with the addition of the three-tiered fountain. Provided by a private donation and supplemented with public funds, the fountain is of cast iron and was made by Robinson Iron Works of Alexander City.
404 - City of Prattville
Come visit Wilderness Park, 800 Upper Kingston Road. In this park, giant oriental bamboo soar 60 feet to form a canopy in the sky. The bamboo competes with native trees and shrubs to form this most unusual area, which also contains the State's second largest Beech tree. The Spinners Club, a woman's service organization, was instrumental in saving this area from sub-division several years ago.
Daniel Pratt
July 20, 1799: Daniel Pratt, who was to become a significant industrialist in nineteenth-century Alabama, is born in Temple, New Hampshire. After arriving in Alabama in 1832 he founded the town of Prattville and established what would later become the largest cotton gin manufacturing plant in the world.
A "supermoon" rises behind the Home Place clock tower in Prattville, Ala., Saturday, June 22, 2013. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings closer to Earth than usual. While the moon will appear 14 percent larger than normal, sky watchers won't be able to notice the difference with the naked eye. Still, astronomers say it's worth looking up and appreciating the cosmos. Photo: Dave Martin