Glossary

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• Sloss Furnaces
  Sloss Furnaces, a Birmingham-based iron-manufacturing complex, was established in 1881. The furnace and...
• Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
  Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Jefferson County, stopped production in 1970 after nearly a century of...
• Eugene Allen Smith
  Eugene Allen Smith (1841-1927) was a professor, geologist, and naturalist who traveled by mule-drawn...
• Hazel Brannon Smith
  Alabama born and educated, Hazel Brannon Smith (1914-1994) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1964, the first...
• Holland Smith
  Alabama native Holland McTyeire Smith (1882-1967) was a U.S. Marine Corps officer whose career spanned...
• Ozzie Smith
  From 1977 to 1996, Alabama native Osborne "Ozzie" Smith (1954- ) was among the most accomplished athletes...
• Sol Smith
  Solomon Franklin Smith (1801-1869), known as "Old Sol," was a key writer in the genre of Old Southwest...
• William Russell Smith
  William Russell Smith (1815-1896) established the state's first literary magazine and wrote the...
• Snake Handling
  Snake (or serpent) handling in Alabama is practiced primarily by the members of the Church of God with...
• Snead
  Snead is located in Blount County in the northeast portion of the state. It has a mayor/city council...