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Tuscaloosa - Alabama - Culture |
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Shelton State Community College is part of a state system of public colleges. This system originated in the
Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act enacted by the state legislature in May 1963. Shelton State Community College was established by resolution of the ASBE on January 1, 1979. That resolution combined two existing
institutions: Shelton State Technical College, which was established in 1952, and the Tuscaloosa branch campus of Brewer State Junior College,
an institution whose main campus was located in Fayette, Alabama. The Tuscaloosa branch campus of Brewer State had been in operation since 1972. Stillman College, authorized by the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States in 1875, held its first classes in the Fall of 1876 and was chartered as a legal corporation by the
State of Alabama in 1895. Stillman College is a four-year liberal arts college offering the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees.
The Institution’s history, however, dates back to 1874 when a group of Presbyterians from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, headed by the Reverend
Doctor Charles Allen Stillman, presented an overture to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States asking the Church
to establish a training school for Negro ministers. Celebrate more than 100 years of University of Alabama football history at 300 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa. The
winning tradition of Crimson Tide football is revealed through photographs, uniforms, and sports memorabilia dating back to 1892.
State-of-the-art videos display highlights of great Bama coaches, players and many of the unforgettable plays. See trophies won by the Crimson
Tide and listen to Coach Bryant in the video "The Legacy."
Moundville Archaeological Park, an internationally known National Historic Landmark on the banks of the Black
Warrior River, Highway 69, 15 miles south of Tuscaloosa. The 320-acre park contains more than twenty prehistoric Indian mounds. Watch videos on
Native American life-ways in the Jones Archaeological Museum theater and see displays of pottery and tools. Stroll along a boardwalk nature
trail, lunch in the picnic grounds, or spend the night in a wooded campground. The Jones Conference Center is available for rent to businesses,
community groups, and individuals for occasions ranging from seminars and workshops to receptions and family reunions The Gorgas House, built in 1829, is one of four buildings which survived the burning of the University of Alabama
campus during the Civil War in 1865. The Airport originated in the 1920's. Original Pilot logs show that it was named DRUID FIELD in 1923 and that it
was closed and sold by its owners in 1925. 1928 Pilot records indicate that it was again in operation and named MAYNOR FIELD. Records show types
of Aircraft used to be CURTIS, WACO, SWALLOW, FALCON, FOKKER. The facility was leased in early 1939 to Parks Air College of St. Louis for pilot
training. The Medical Center houses ultra modern medical facilities, as well as historic buildings dating back to the
1930's. The medical center is rich in history, while excelling in providing quality healthcare to
the nation's veterans. The Medical Center is
currently comprised of 504 authorized hospital beds and 146 operating hospital beds. Art, music, theater and dance performances, unparalleled athletic and academic events, a medley of local
festivals, historical museums, children’s museums, numerous historic residential neighborhoods, and a smorgasbord of local and
international cuisine, it’s all in the Tuscaloosa area |
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The City of Tuscaloosa is located in
West Alabama on the Black Warrior River, 57 miles southwest of Birmingham. Tuscaloosa is the county seat of 1,340 square mile Tuscaloosa County,
which also includes the municipalities of Northport and Brookwood. The City's 83,376 inhabitants (1998) represent over half of Tuscaloosa
County's 160,768 population.
