Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Tuscumbia Big Spring

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 22, 2009

1. Tuscumbia Big Spring Marker

Inscription. Big Spring (average daily flow 35,000,000 gallons) provided water for town founded on its banks. Michael Dickson of Tennessee was first settler (about 1817). Town laid out in 1819 and incorporated as Ococoposo (Cold Water, 1820). Name changed to Tuscumbia (1822) for a Chickasaw Indian. Confederate and Union soldiers camped here intermittently during wartime (1861~1865). Site of Tennessee Valley Fair in the 1800's, later Colbert County Fair until 1930's. Spring park established in 1919. President Carter opened his reelection campaign here Sept. 1, 1980

Erected 1989 by Tennessee Historical Preservation Board.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #39 James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1944.

Location. 34° 43.802′ N, 87° 42.225′ W. Marker is in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Colbert County. It is on Spring Park Road, on the left when traveling west. Marker is located at the intersection of S. Main St. and Spring Park Rd. on left upon entering into the park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tuscumbia AL 35674, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Shoals.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Petrified Conifer Tree / Petrified Lycopod Tree Stump (within shouting distance of this marker); Cold Water Falls (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacred Tears (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); American Indian History (about 400 feet away); Jackson's Military Road (about 400 feet away); History of Tuscumbia, Alabama (about 500 feet away); U. S. Army M60A3 Main Battle Tank (about 500 feet away); Tuscumbia Railway (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tuscumbia.

Tuscumbia Big Spring Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 22, 2009

2. Tuscumbia Big Spring Park

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, July 22, 2009

3. Tuscumbia Big Spring Park

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 3,298 times since then and 59 times this year. Last updated on May 19, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 13, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.