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Cahaba Homesteads
Cahaba may refer to: Places * The Cahaba River in Alabama * Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge * Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area * Cahaba Basin, is a geologic area of central Alabama * Cahaba, Alabama (or Cahawba), a ghost town in, and the former capital of, Alabama * Cahaba Prison (or Cahawba Prison), a Confederate prison * Cahawba County (see Bibb County, Alabama) * Cahaba Heights, Vestavia Hills a neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States Flora * Cahaba lily, an aquatic, perennial flowering plant species * Old Cahaba rosinweed, Silphium perplexum * Cahaba torch, Liatris oligocephala Fauna * Cahaba shiner, a rare species of cyprinid fish * Cahaba pebblesnail, a species of very small freshwater snail * Cahawba elimia, a species of freshwater snail Artifacts * Cahaba, Marion and Greensboro Railroad Cahaba, Marion and Greensboro Railroad Company was incorporated under act of Alabama on February 9, 1850, as The Marion and Alabama River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba River
The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama and is among the most scenic and biologically diverse rivers in the United States. It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. With headwaters near Birmingham, the Cahaba flows southwest, then at Heiberger turns southeast and joins the Alabama River at the ghost town and former Alabama capital of Cahaba in Dallas County. Entirely within central Alabama, the Cahaba River is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 and drains an area of . Geography The Cahaba River flows across three physiographic provinces of the state: Appalachian Plateau, Ridge and Valley, and Coastal Plain. The Mobile River basin has the largest Gulf Coast drainage basin east of the Mississippi River, and the Cahaba is one of the seven river systems that contribute to its flow. The mean discharge of water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in central Alabama, along the Cahaba River downstream from Birmingham, Alabama. The refuge was established on September 25, 2002. Additional purchases were approved that will potentially increase the size of the refuge to 7,300 acres (29.5 km²). Additional negotiations propose an expansion to a potential , most of which currently belongs to private landowners. The facility is unstaffed, but is administered by the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge in Anniston, Alabama. The refuge extends from just north of the confluence of the Little Cahaba and Cahaba Rivers to the Piper Bridge in Bibb county, approximately five miles east of West Blocton, Alabama. Approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) of the Cahaba River flow through the refuge. The refuge lies at the far southwestern end of the Appalachian mountain chain. Wildlife Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a critical habitat for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area
The Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area is an Alabama Wildlife Management Area (WMA) operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in Bibb and Shelby Counties near West Blocton, Alabama. The WMA is most notable for the long stretch of free-flowing Cahaba River within its boundaries. Uses of the WMA include large (deer and turkey) and small (squirrel, rabbit, etc.) game hunting, fishing, biking, hiking, and wildlife photography Wildlife photography is a genre of photography concerned with documenting various forms of wildlife in their natural habitat. As well as requiring photography skills, wildlife photographers may need field craft skills. For example, some anima ....http://www.outdooralabama.com/hunting/wildlife-areas/2009-2010WMAHuntSeason220-2-56-070709.pdf Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; 2008-2009 Wildlife Management Area Hunting Schedule and Information References External linksAlabama Department of Conserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba Basin
The Cahaba Basin is a geologic area of central Alabama developed for coal and coalbed methane (CBM) production. Centered in eastern Bibb and southwestern Shelby Counties, the basin is significantly smaller in area and production than the larger Black Warrior Basin in Tuscaloosa and western Jefferson Counties to the northwest. The coalbed methane is produced from the Gurnee Field of the Pottsville Coal Interval. Coalbed gas production has been continuous since at least 1990 and annual gas production has increased from 344,875 Mcf in 1990 to 3,154, 554 Mcf through October 2007. Geology The Cahaba Basin is located across an anticline from the neighboring Black Warrior Basin. Within the Cahaba Basin, the Pennsylvanian age coal beds have an average bed thickness of .http://www.geometinc.com/ir/documents/bofaenergyconfnov07.pdf; GeoMet, Inc.; Bank of America 2007 Energy Conference, November 16, 2007 The developed formations are known as the Gurnee Field of the Pottsville Formation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba, Alabama
Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1825, and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866. Located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, it suffered regular seasonal flooding. The state legislature moved the capital to Tuscaloosa in 1826. After the town suffered another major flood in 1865, the state legislature moved the county seat northeast to Selma, which was better situated. The former settlement became defunct after it lost the county seat, although it had been quite wealthy during the antebellum years. It is now a ghost town and is preserved as a state historic site, the Old Cahawba Archeological Park. The state and associated citizens' groups are working to develop it as a full interpretive parkHarris, W. Stuart. ''Dead Towns of Alabama'', pp. 66-67. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1977. . St. Luke's Episcopal Church was returned to Old Cahawba, and a fundraising campaign is underway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba Prison
Cahaba Prison, also known as Castle Morgan, was a prisoner of war camp in Dallas County, Alabama where the Confederacy held captive Union soldiers during the American Civil War. The prison was located in the small Alabama town of Cahaba, at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, not far from Selma.Bryant, William O. ''Cahaba Prison and the Sultana Disaster.'' Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1990. It suffered a serious flood in 1865. At the time, Cahaba was still the county seat, but that was moved to Selma in 1866. Cahaba Prison was known for having one of the lowest death rates of any Civil War prison camp mainly because of the humane treatment from the Confederate commandant. History The Confederate Army built a stockade around a large cotton warehouse near the Alabama River to prepare the site. Cahaba Prison was opened as such in June 1863. The commanding officer was Captain H. A. M. Henderson, a Methodist minister. The prison made use of a brick cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibb County, Alabama
Bibb County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. The county is included in the ARC's definition of Appalachia. As of the 24th decennial 2020 census, its population was 22,293. The county seat is Centreville. The county is named in honor of William W. Bibb (1781–1820), the Governor of Alabama Territory (1817–1819) and the first Governor of Alabama (1819–1820, when he died). He is also the namesake for Bibb County, Georgia, where he began his political career. It is a "prohibition" or dry county; however, a few towns have become "wet" by allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages: Woodstock (December 2017), West Blocton (August 2012), Centreville (June 2010), and Brent (May 2010). The Bibb County Courthouse is located in the county seat of Centreville. History Cahawba County was established ("erected") on February 7, 1818, named for the Cahawba River (now more commonly known as Cahaba River). This name came from the Choctaw language word m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba Heights, Vestavia Hills
Cahaba Heights is a neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Before annexation in 2002,Mahoney, RyanCahaba Heights getting $2M office/retail center ''Birmingham Business Journal'', reprinted on Bizjournals.com. Originally written 2004-01-23; posted online 2007; accessed 2007-12-13. it was a census-designated place (CDP) in 1990 and 2000; the population was 5,203 at the 2000 census. Geography Cahaba Heights is located at (33.459256, -86.732086). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 5,203 people, 2,603 households, and 1,272 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,730 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.94% White, 1.17% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 1.44% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba Lily
''Hymenocallis coronaria'', commonly known as the Cahaba lily, shoal lily, or shoals spider-lily, is an aquatic, perennial flowering plant species of the genus ''Hymenocallis''. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States, being found only in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and parts of North Carolina. Within Alabama, it is known as the Cahaba lily; elsewhere it is known as the Shoal lily or Shoals spider-lily. Description and habitat ''Hymenocallis coronaria'' requires a swift, shallow, water current and direct sunlight to flourish. The plant grows to about tall and develops from a bulb that lodges in cracks in rocky shoals. It blooms from early May to late June. Each fragrant flower blossom opens overnight and last for one day. They are visited and possibly pollinated by '' Paratrea plebeja'', commonly known as the plebeian sphinx moth, and ''Battus philenor'', the pipevine swallowtail butterfly. The plant was first observed in 1783 by William Bartram and described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Cahaba Rosinweed
''Silphium perplexum'' J.R.Allison is a prairie species in the Asteraceae endemic to the state of Alabama. ''S. perplexum'' is commonly known as Old Cahaba rosinweed, a reference to the Cahaba River near which all populations of this species are found. Etymology The specific epithet 'perplexum' means perplexing. Taxonomy Old Cahaba rosinweed was described in 2001 by the botanist James Robert Allison. The species is thought to have arisen from a hybridization event between ''Silphium integrifolium'' Michx. the entire leaf rosinweed and ''Silphium glutinosum'' J.R.Allison. the sticky rosinweed. This conclusion was originally based on similarities in the morphology of ''S. perplexum'' compared with its putative parent species. In most cases, the morphological characters of ''S. perplexum'' are intermediate between that of the parent species Despite ''S. perplexum'' having arisen from a hybridization event, it is not appropriate to treat it as a mere hybrid as its distribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba Torch
''Liatris oligocephala'', the Cahaba torch, is a flowering plant in the genus ''Liatris'' (blazing stars). Its native range is very small, with all known populations being within Bibb County, Alabama Bibb County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. The county is included in the ARC's definition of Appalachia. As of the 24th decennial 2020 census, its population was 22,293. The county seat is Centreville. The ..., and therefore the species is of conservation concern. It hybridizes with the much more common '' Liatris cylindracea'', but the offspring do not appear to cross with ''L. oligocephala''. References oligocephala Flora of Alabama Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 2001 {{Eupatorieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahaba Shiner
The Cahaba shiner (''Notropis cahabae'') is a rare species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to Alabama in the United States, where it is limited to the Cahaba River. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. This fish was first described in 1989.Mayden, Richard L. and Kuhajda, Bernard R.. (November 1989)Systematics of ''Notropis cahabae'', a new cyprinid fish endemic to the Cahaba River of the Mobile Basin 9 1-16. It is similar to its close relative, the (''Notropis volucellus''). |
