1906

1906 was the 35th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

• Elm Leaf Cemetery was renamed Elmwood Cemetery.
• October 16: Vulcan went on display at the Alabama State Fairgrounds for the 1906 Alabama State Fair.
• 1906 Brookside strike

Business

• William Donovan founded the Donovan Provision Company, now Red Diamond.
• W. A. Watts founded the Cement Block & Manufacturing Co.
• Standard Portland Cement opened a plant in Leeds.
• The Tutwiler Coal, Coke & Iron Company was reincorporated as the Birmingham Coal & Iron Company.
• New boilers were installed at Sloss Furnaces.
• The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company was acquired by U.S. Steel.
• The First National Bank of Ensley merged with the Bank of Ensley.
• The Bank of Alabama (Ensley) was founded.
• Sidney Lee began selling ginger-flavored tonic under the "Buffalo Rock" name.
• December 4: William Lay founded the Alabama Power Company in Gadsden.

Education

• The North Alabama Conference College was renamed Birmingham College.

Government

• March 21: The Birmingham Board of Aldermen voted to display the Vulcan statue in Capitol Park, but never followed through.
• D. F. Sugg was elected Mayor of Ensley in the 1906 Ensley municipal election.
• B. B. Comer was elected Governor of Alabama in the 1906 general election.

Religion

• McElwain Baptist Church purchased a pipe organ.
• Frederick Weidman succeeded Henry Heise as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church.

Sports

• Harry Vaughn's 1906 Birmingham Base Ball Club went 85-47 on their way to their first Southern Association title.
• October 7: The Fairgrounds Raceway hosted its first motorcycle race.
• November 17: Alabama defeated Auburn 10-0 in the Alabama-Auburn Game at the Alabama State Fairgrounds.

Individuals

• Architect S. Scott Joy joined the firm of Wheelock & Wheelock.

Births

• July 7: Satchel Paige, Hall of Fame pitcher

Graduations

• Hugo Black graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law.
• Houston Brice Sr graduated from Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Texas.

Deaths

• April 8: Mary Cahalan, principal of Powell School.
• April 9: Laura Burton, physician
• December 20: Hazel Farris, who gained fame as "Hazel the Mummy".
• Joseph Riley Smith, physician
• The fictional James "Slag" Wormwood, mascot of Sloss Fright Furnace, supposedly died in October 1906.

Works

• Paul Cook (August 1906)"Birmingham, Alabama: The Magic City". National magazine

Buildings

The 1906 Brown Marx Building

• Brown Marx Building
• Ensley Library
• The Jemison Company developed the Mountain Terrace subdivision, now part of Forest Park.
• Shelby County Courthouse (with the 1906 Shelby County time capsule)
• Standard Portland Cement plant in Leeds.
• Expansion of the Buck Creek Mill.

Context

In 1906

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