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ALABAMA GOVERNORS: John Murphy

John Murphy was born in Robeson County, North Carolina, in 1785, but he grew up in South Carolina, where he went to preparatory school. He attended South Carolina College in…

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ALABAMA GOVERNORS: Israel Pickens

Born in North Carolina in 1780, Alabama’s third governor, Israel Pickens, became a major political figure in his native state before moving to Alabama. Pickens attended college in Pennsylvania, read…

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FROM THE VAULT: Mint Julep–A Gentleman’s Drink

The year is 1831. The setting: the antebellum South. An early morning sun silhouettes the figures of two men, obviously gentlemen, standing back to back in an open field. A…

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