The Alabama State Seal, called the Great Seal, was first designed in 1817 by the governor of the Alabama Territory and later first governor of the state, William Wyatt Bibb. The seal prominently features the major rivers of Alabama. The Great Seal was redesigned in 1868 featuring an American bald eagle and again in 1939 returning to a map of the state with its principal rivers.

 

 

 

Photos courtesy of: Alabama Department of Archives and History