Timeline of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.
19th century[edit]
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- 1809 - Creek people establish village on Black Warrior River.[1]
- 1813 - Village sacked by U.S. forces under John Coffee during the Creek War.[1]
- 1816 - Site settled by Thomas York.[1]
- 1818 - Settlement designated seat of newly formed Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Territory.[1][2]
- 1819
- City of Tuscaloosa incorporated.
- Tuscaloosa becomes part of the new U.S. state of Alabama.
- 1826 - Alabama state capital relocated to Tuscaloosa from Cahaba.[1]
- 1831 - University of Alabama opens.
- 1835 - Battle–Friedman House built.[3]
- 1837 - Independent Monitor newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1840 - Population: 1,949.
- 1847 - State capital relocated from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery.[1]
- 1850 - Alabama Historical Society headquartered in Tuscaloosa.
- 1865 - Tuscaloosa besieged by Union forces during the American Civil War.[5]
- 1900 - Population: 5,094.
20th century[edit]
- 1910 - Tuscaloosa News begins publication.[4]
- 1913 - Belvedere Theatre in business.[6]
- 1920 - Population: 11,996.
- 1930 - University's Center for Business and Economic Research established.[7]
- 1933 - Moundville Archaeological Park established near Tuscaloosa.[3]
- 1936 - WJRD radio begins broadcasting.[8]
- 1949 - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport begins operating.[9]
- 1950 - Population: 46,396.
- 1956 - Dale Drive-In cinema in business.[6]
- 1963 - Racial integration of University of Alabama ordered by United States district court.[10]
- 1964 - June 9: Police crackdown on demonstrators during the Civil Rights Movement. The incident became known as "Bloody Tuesday".
- 1966 - Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society formed.[11]
- 1971 - Lake Tuscaloosa created.[1]
- 1978 - Alabama State Data Center headquartered in Tuscaloosa.[12]
- 1980 - Population: 75,211.
- 1988 - University's Paul W. Bryant Museum opens.[3]
- 1991 - Jemison–Van de Graaff Mansion (house museum) established.[3]
- 2000 - December 16: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado.[1]
21st century[edit]
- 2003 - Artur Davis becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.[13]
- 2005 - Walter Maddox becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 90,468.[14]
- 2011
- April 27: 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado occurs.
- Terri Sewell becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.[15]
See also[edit]
- Tuscaloosa history
- List of mayors of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
- Timelines of other cities in Alabama: Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hellmann 2006.
- ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Alabama: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c d American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Alabama". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. pp. 23+. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ Thomas P. Clinton (1904). "Military Operations of General John T. Croxton in West Alabama, 1865". Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society. 4.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Tuscaloosa, AL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ Carolyn Trent. CBER 1930-1990. University of Alabama. OCLC 23475599. circa 1991
- ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Alabama", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Alabama". Birmingham: Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ "Events", Civil Rights Digital Library, Athens, GA: Digital Library of Georgia, retrieved April 18, 2017
- ^ "About TCPS". Tuscaloosa: Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ "State Data Center Activities". Data User News. 14. U.S. Bureau of the Census. October 1979. hdl:2027/pst.000065018736. ISSN 0096-9877.
- ^ "Alabama". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2003. hdl:2027/mdp.39015054040954 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Tuscaloosa city, Alabama". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
Bibliography[edit]
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Tuscaloosa", Alabama; a Guide to the Deep South, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, pp. 243+, hdl:2027/uc1.b4469723 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Matthew W. Clinton (1958). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: its Early Days, 1816-1865. Zonta Club.
- Historical record of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1819-1969, sesquicentennial souvenir program
- G. Ward Hubbs. Tuscaloosa: Portrait of an Alabama County (Northridge, California: Windsor, 1987)
- Heritage of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 1999.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Alabama: Tuscaloosa". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- Amalia K. Amaki; Katherine R. Mauter (2011). Tuscaloosa. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 9780738587882.
External links[edit]
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- "Tuscaloosa and Alabama History". Research Guides. University of Alabama Libraries.
- Items related to Tuscaloosa, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)