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On October 22, 1915, the Tuscaloosa Fire Department was officially established. Since 1905, the fire department had been volunteer with one paid fireman, who had two horses and hose wagon.

A motor fire truck was brought to Tuscaloosa for the new…

The City of Tuscaloosa unveiled a historical marker at the site of the old Fort W.W. Brandon Armory at Fire Station No. 2 on Paul W. Bryant Drive on June 12, 2004.

The marker reads:

The Tuscaloosa Armory was located on this site from 1938 to…

Frank Blair (September 8, 1860 - October 9, 1938) was born in Buffalo, Illinois, the son of Alexander McGinley Blair and Amanda Gamble Blair, both of whom were Pennsylvania natives.  The family ultimately moved to Ottawa, Kansas, where the elder…

Fred W. Nicol served as Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge for nearly four decades of public service. Nicol, known as the singing and whistling judge, retired in October 1982 as the senior elected official in the courthouse after more than 30 years as…

Gary Phillips was a member of the Tuscaloosa City Council in the early 1990's. He also is president of Premier Service Company, Inc. and went to Tuscaloosa High School.

George Van Tassel (1913 - 2007) graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1939. He served in the European Theater in World War II and returned to Tuscaloosa where he was an attorney.

He was elected mayor of Tuscaloosa in 1956, to…

Governor George C. Wallace is shown at the groundbreaking of the State Docks on the Black Warrior River in Northport, AL, on October 20, 1963. Left are DeVane King Jones and Jack Warner. To the right of Gov. Wallace may be Houston Feaster, Docks…

A Girl Scout hands a bouquet to Alabama Gov. Lurleen Wallace, a native of Tuscaloosa County, when she visited the University of Alabama campus in 1967. Also in the photo is Alabama Rep. Hugh Thomas who was a Tuscaloosa native. He brought about the…

Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace is shown with Bert Bank, Rep. Hugh Thomas and an unidentified man on a visit to Tuscaloosa.

Lurleen Burns Wallace, was Governor of Alabama from 1967 until her death from cancer in 1968. She was the 46th Governor…

Governor Lurleen Wallace made a campus visit to the University of Alabama on Governor's Day in 1967.

Lurleen Burns Wallace, was Governor of Alabama from 1967 until her death from cancer in 1968. She was the 46th Governor of the State of Alabama…