101 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — The Purple Heart / Military Order of the Purple Heart —

The Purple Heart This monument is dedicated to those soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen from Colbert County, Alabama who were wounded in combat or killed in action. Military Order of the Purple Heart . . . — — Map (db m192058) WM

102 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Trenholm High School —

(side 1) Formal education for Tuscumbia’s African American children began in 1870 at the Freedman School taught by Judge Wingo and his daughter in a church at the foot of the hill. In July 1877, the Osborne Colored Academy was established . . . — — Map (db m80944) HM

103 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Tuscumbia Big Spring —

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 . . . — — Map (db m83453) HM

104 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Tuscumbia Railway Depot —

Built-in 1887, the 5th Street Tuscumbia Railway Depot was constructed by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad to serve the city of Tuscumbia and its surrounding area. From the 1850s until the construction of the new depot, all ticketing and . . . — — Map (db m247213) HM

105 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Tuscumbia Railway First Railroad west of Alleghenies —

First Railroad west of Alleghenies 1832 ~ begun here; completed to Decatur, 45 miles east, in 1834. Cotton shipped by this line around nearby Muscle Shoals, then by boat down Tennessee ~ Mississippi R to world markets. 1851 ~ expanded to . . . — — Map (db m28413) HM

106 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Tuscumbia's Oakwood Cemetery —

This burial ground was designated on General John Coffee's 1817 survey and original map "Plan of a Town at the Coldwater Spring." The oldest tombstone carries the burial date 1821 and the cemetery contains graves of veterans from all wars beginning . . . — — Map (db m28567) HM

107 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — U. S. Army M60A3 Main Battle Tank —

Obtained from Ft. Rucker, AL by American Legion Post No. 31 April 28, 1999 *Weapons: 105 mm rifled cannon. 7.62 mm and .50 caliber machine guns. *Engine: 750 hp. 12 cylinder air-cooled diesel. *Crew-4 men: Weight-107.900 lb.: Speed-30 mph: . . . — — Map (db m107646) HM

108 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — William Winston Home —

Construction on the home which became the center building of Deshler High School was begun in 1824 by Clark T. Barton. William Winston purchased and completed the Georgian-style dwelling in 1833. The largest remaining antebellum house in Tuscumbia, . . . — — Map (db m28565) HM

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109 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Winston Cemetery —

The Winston family settled this area in the early 1820s. Andrew Jackson purchased the property at the U.S. government land sale and conveyed it to Col. Anthony Winston (1782-1841) who lived nearby in a two-story brick Federal-style house (razed . . . — — Map (db m28566) HM

110 ► Alabama, Colbert County, Tuscumbia — Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who died in Tuscumbia —

Side AYellow Fever Epidemic 1878 Taking 31 Lives in Tuscumbia Citizen's Relief Committee: F.H. Aydlett, H.M. Finley, J.J. Davis, James Jackson, Chm. J.W. Rand Jr., F.A. Ross, J.N. Sampson, Sec. and C. A. Womble. . . . — — Map (db m29263) HM

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