The city of Tuscumbia, Alabama had its …
Years: 1822 - 1822
December
The city of Tuscumbia, Alabama had its beginnings when the Michael Dixon family arrived about 1816, trading with Chief Tucumseh for the Tuscumbia Valley and building their home at the head of the big spring.
From these humble dwellings quickly developed a village known as the Big Spring Community.
The men of the community requested that the state legislature incorporate them as a city.
The town, incorporated in 1820 as Ococoposa, is one of Alabama's oldest.
In 1821, its name was changed to Big Spring and on December 22, 1822, to Tuscumbia, after the Chief Rainmaker of the Chickasaws.
Although shoals on the nearby Tennessee River make the river nearly impassable, a federal highway completed in 1820 provides the area with good access to markets.
Tuscumbia had soon become the center for agriculture in northern Alabama.
From these humble dwellings quickly developed a village known as the Big Spring Community.
The men of the community requested that the state legislature incorporate them as a city.
The town, incorporated in 1820 as Ococoposa, is one of Alabama's oldest.
In 1821, its name was changed to Big Spring and on December 22, 1822, to Tuscumbia, after the Chief Rainmaker of the Chickasaws.
Although shoals on the nearby Tennessee River make the river nearly impassable, a federal highway completed in 1820 provides the area with good access to markets.
Tuscumbia had soon become the center for agriculture in northern Alabama.
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