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Nicknamed the “Heart of Dixie,” Alabama has the Appalachian Mountains in the north, the Tennessee Valley’s rivers, and the southern Black Belt, a rich, black soil. However, historically Alabama’s soil was better suited to cotton plantations than sugarcane. Known for its civil rights landmarks, college football, and aerospace industry (Huntsville’s Space and Rocket Center). Rum is relative newcomer; Prohibition arrived early in 1915, leading to moonshine production, and a recent revival has seen the first legal Alabama rum distilled in over a century hit shelves in 2014.