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Town Nicknames: Druid City, City Of Oaks, Athens Of Alabama The area at the fall line of what would be later known as the Black Warrior River had long been well known to the various Indian tribes whose shifting fortunes brought them to West Alabama. The river shoals at Tuscaloosa represented the southernmost site on the river which could be forded under most conditions. Inevitably, a network of Indian trails converged upon the place, the same network which, in the first years of the 19th Century began to lead a few intrepid white frontiersmen to the area. The pace of white settlement increased greatly after the War of 1812, and a small assortment of log cabins soon arose near the large Creek village at the fall line of the river, which the settlers named in honor of the legendary Chief Tuskalusa. In 1817, Alabama became a territory, and on December 13, 1819, the territorial legislature incorporated the town of Tuscaloosa, exactly one day before Congress admitted Alabama to the Union as a state. From 1826 to 1846 Tuscaloosa was the capital of Alabama. During this period, in 1831, the University of Alabama was established. The town's population and economy grew rapidly until the departure of the capital to Montgomery caused a rapid decline in population. Establishment of the Bryce State Hospital for the Insane in Tuscaloosa in the 1850s helped restore the city's fortunes. During the Civil War following Alabama's secession from the Union, several thousand men from Tuscaloosa fought in the Confederate armies. During the last weeks of the War, a brigade of Union troops raiding the city burned the campus of the University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, too, suffered much damage from the battle and shared fully in the South's economic sufferings which followed the defeat.
The construction of a system of locks and dams on the Black Warrior River by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1890s opened up an inexpensive link to the
Gulf seaport of Mobile, stimulating especially the mining and metallurgical
industries of the region. By the advent of the 20th Century, the growth of the
University of Alabama and the mental healthcare facilities in the city, along with
strong national economy fueled a steady growth in Tuscaloosa which continued
unabated for 100 years. Manufacturing plants of large firms such as Michelin and
JVC located in town during the latter half of the 20th Century. However, it was the announcement
of the addition of the Mercedes facility in 1993 that best personified
the new era of economic prosperity for Tuscaloosa
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