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Scotty Kirkland

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Retrospect: The Lightning Route

Montgomery set the pace with electrified streetcar system.

Retrospect: The rise and fall of Huntsville’s Hotel Monte Sano

The Queen Anne-style, 200-room Hotel Monte Sano stood from 1886 to the early 1940s.

Retrospect: Robert Wilby — an Alabama “movie man”

Robert Bailey Wilby found new ways to entice patrons to the theaters under his care.

Retrospect: The Alabama odyssey of Willard Warner

Warner started the Tecumseh Iron Works in Cherokee County, where he produced pig iron.

Retrospect: The Alabama origins of Olan Mills Inc.

The Nation's Studio blended Olan Mills' business savvy with Mary Mills' artistry to create portraits of citizens across the U.S.

Retrospect: The Selma Ordnance and Naval Foundry

Selma was key for the Confederacy, building cannon, small arms ammunition and outfitting ironclad vessels.

Retrospect: An Alabama woman invents a standard part on today’s autos

Alabamian Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper, filing a patent in 1903.

Builder Horace King left an elegant legacy in Alabama

From bridges to the staircase in the Alabama State Capitol to his stint as an Alabama state representative, Horace King left a legacy that endures

Retrospect: Charles T. Pollard was Alabama’s train pioneer

Charles T. Pollard was Alabama's train pioneer, creating a line that stretched from Selma, Alabama, to West Point, Georgia.

Retrospect: Requiem for Alabama-made Golden Flake snacks

While the kettles have stopped frying chips in Birmingham, Golden Flake snacks are still available on grocery shelves.

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