Alabama Backyard

Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, which is also the name of the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie". The Alabama, a Native American tribe, serve as the etymological source of the name of the state. The French founded the first European settlement in the state with the establishment of Mobile in 1702. Alabama was the twenty-second state, admitted to the Union in 1819. Alabama has the second largest inland waterway system in the United States and 67% of its total land area is covered in forest. This sound uses the following sound file from Freesound (http://www.freesound.org): Town amb - summer, day.WAV by eric5335