Montgomery, Alabama, USA
1906

Montgomery, a city of Alabama, the capital of the state and the seat of justice of Montgomery co., is situated on the left bank of the Alabama River, at the convergence of several lines of railroad (the Atlantic Coast Line, the Louisville and Nashville, the Central of Georgia, etc.), 180 miles NE. of Mobile. Lat. 32° 21' N. ; Lon. 86° 25' W. It is the third city of the state in population and has great facilities for communication with the surrounding country. The Alabama is one of the best rivers in the Union for navigation and large steamers ascend from Mobile to Montgomery (390 miles) at all seasons of the year, except in periods of unusual drought. The city contains a handsome capitol, or State-house (in the rotunda of which the confederate government was organised), a Federal building, court house, city-hall, a state normal school for colored students, etc., and many old-time residences with spacious and beautiful gardens. It is an important commercial and jobbing centre and a great shipping point for cotton. Montgomery has manufactures of iron, furniture, cottons, cotton-seed oil, chemicals, fertilizers, etc., as well as car-construction works. It is in a coal and iron region and in a cotton-growing district. The seat of government was established in Montgomery in 1847. Pop. in 1880, 16,713; in 1890, 21,883; in 1900, 30,346.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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