Timeline of Tuscaloosa, Alabama explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.

19th century

• 1809 - Creek people establish village on Black Warrior River.
• 1813 - Village sacked by U.S. forces under John Coffee during the Creek War.
• 1816 - Site settled by Thomas York.
• 1818 - Settlement designated seat of newly formed Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Territory.^[1]
• 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.
• 1831 - University of Alabama opens.
• 1835 - Battle–Friedman House built.
• 1837 - Independent Monitor newspaper begins publication.^[2]
• 1840 - Population: 1,949.
• 1847 - State capital relocated from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery.
• 1850 - Alabama Historical Society headquartered in Tuscaloosa.
• 1865 - Tuscaloosa besieged by Union forces during the American Civil War.^[3]
• 1900 - Population: 5,094.

20th century

• 1910 - Tuscaloosa News begins publication.
• 1913 - Belvedere Theatre in business.^[4]
• 1920 - Population: 11,996.
• 1930 - University's Center for Business and Economic Research established.^[5]
• 1933 - Moundville Archaeological Park established near Tuscaloosa.^[6]
• 1936 - WJRD radio begins broadcasting.
• 1949 - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport begins operating.^[7]
• 1950 - Population: 46,396.
• 1956 - Dale Drive-In cinema in business.
• 1963 - Racial integration of University of Alabama ordered by United States district court.
• 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.^[8]
• 1971 - Lake Tuscaloosa created.
• 1978 - Alabama State Data Center headquartered in Tuscaloosa.^[9]
• 1980 - Population: 75,211.
• 1988 - University's Paul W. Bryant Museum opens.
• 1991 - Jemison–Van de Graaff Mansion (house museum) established.
• 2000 - December 16: December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado.

21st century

• 2003 - Artur Davis becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.^[10]
• 2005 - Walter Maddox becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 90,468.^[11]
• 2011
  • April 27: 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado occurs.
  • Terri Sewell becomes U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district.^[12]

See also

• 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

Bibliography

• • Book: Matthew W. Clinton . Tuscaloosa, Alabama: its Early Days, 1816-1865 . Zonta Club . 1958 .
  • G. Ward Hubbs. Tuscaloosa: Portrait of an Alabama County (Northridge, California: Windsor, 1987)
• Heritage of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 1999.
• Book: Paul T. Hellmann. Historical Gazetteer of the United States. 2006. Taylor & Francis. 1-135-94859-3. Alabama: Tuscaloosa. .
• Book: Tuscaloosa . Amalia K. Amaki . Katherine R. Mauter . Arcadia . Charleston, SC . Images of America . 9780738587882. 2011.

External links

• Web site: Tuscaloosa and Alabama History . Research Guides . University of Alabama Libraries .

• Items related to Tuscaloosa, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alabama: Individual County Chronologies . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries . Scholl Center for American History and Culture . . Chicago . April 18, 2017 .
2. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . . Library of Congress . April 18, 2017 .
3. Military Operations of General John T. Croxton in West Alabama, 1865 . Thomas P. Clinton . Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society . 4 . 1904 .
4. Web site: Movie Theaters in Tuscaloosa, AL . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . April 18, 2017 .
5. Book: CBER 1930-1990 . Carolyn Trent . University of Alabama . 23475599 . circa 1991
6. Book: Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada . 2002 . 15th . 0759100020 . American Association for State and Local History . Alabama . 23+ . Rowman Altamira .
7. Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama . . Birmingham . April 18, 2017 .
8. Web site: About TCPS . Tuscaloosa . Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society . April 18, 2017 .
9. Data User News . 0096-9877 . U.S. Bureau of the Census . 14 . State Data Center Activities . October 1979 . 2027/pst.000065018736?urlappend=%3Bseq=60 .
10. Book: Official Congressional Directory . Official Congressional Directory . Washington, D.C. . Government Printing Office . 2003 . Alabama . 2027/mdp.39015054040954?urlappend=%3Bseq=32 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015054040954?urlappend=%3Bseq=32 . .
11. Web site: Tuscaloosa city, Alabama . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . April 18, 2017 .
12. Web site: Members of Congress . . Civic Impulse, LLC . Washington DC . April 18, 2017 .