Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
1906

Tuscaloosa, a city, capital of Tuscaloosa co., Ala., on the Black Warrior River and on the Mobile and Ohio R. and the queen and Crescent Route, 56 miles SW. of Birmingham. The city, which was at one time the capital of the state, has many fine mansions and gardens and a number of notable public building (old state capitol, court-house, State Insane Hospital). It is the seat of the Alabama Central Female College, the Tuscaloosa Female College (opened in 1860), the Verner Military Institute, and the Stillman Institute (colored theological, opened in 1870). The University of Alabama, which was opened in 1831 and which is one of the leading collegiate institutions of the South, lies about 1 mile N> of the centre of the city. Tuscaloosa is engaged in the coal and iron-industries which have been developed in connection with deposits of the Black Warrior region and has manufactures of cotton, but its prosperity is largely due to its position as an important cotton-shipping centre. Pop. in 1890, 4215; in 1900, 5094.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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