Timeline of Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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.[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

• 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

• 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

• 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

1. Hellmann 2006.
2. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Alabama: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
3. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Alabama". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). pp. 23+. ISBN 0759100020.
4. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
5. Thomas P. Clinton (1904). "Military Operations of General John T. Croxton in West Alabama, 1865". Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society. 4.
6. "Movie Theaters in Tuscaloosa, AL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
7. Carolyn Trent. CBER 1930-1990. University of Alabama. OCLC 23475599. circa 1991
8. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Alabama", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
9. "Encyclopedia of Alabama". Birmingham: Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
10. "Events", Civil Rights Digital Library, Athens, GA: Digital Library of Georgia, retrieved April 18, 2017
11. "About TCPS". Tuscaloosa: Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
12. "State Data Center Activities". Data User News. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 14. October 1979. ISSN 0096-9877.
13. "Alabama". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2003 – via HathiTrust.
14. "Tuscaloosa city, Alabama". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
15. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

Bibliography

• Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Tuscaloosa", Alabama; a Guide to the Deep South, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, pp. 243+ – via HathiTrust
• 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

• "Tuscaloosa and Alabama History". Research Guides. University of Alabama Libraries.

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