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Title
Waterloo - Settled 1819 - Incorporated 1832 Marker
Subject
Historic Markers; Waterloo, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
Description
This historic marker is located at the entrance of Waterloo on Hwy 14, Waterloo, Alabama.
The text on the marker reads: "One of Alabama's oldest incorporated towns. Waterloo was an important Tennessee river ports during the steamboat ear. In low~ water season after large boats from Louisville, Cincinnati and other places downriver unloaded here: smaller craft transported goods and passengers upriver to Florence at the foot of the Muscle Shoals. Following a disastrous flood in 1847, the town was moved from its location on the riverbank, now under Pickwick Lake, to present higher ground. Union gunboats shelled it July 1862. Gen. William T. Sherman crossed the river here, November 1863, and made temporary headquarters in Dr. O.B. Sullivan's home."
The text on the marker reads: "One of Alabama's oldest incorporated towns. Waterloo was an important Tennessee river ports during the steamboat ear. In low~ water season after large boats from Louisville, Cincinnati and other places downriver unloaded here: smaller craft transported goods and passengers upriver to Florence at the foot of the Muscle Shoals. Following a disastrous flood in 1847, the town was moved from its location on the riverbank, now under Pickwick Lake, to present higher ground. Union gunboats shelled it July 1862. Gen. William T. Sherman crossed the river here, November 1863, and made temporary headquarters in Dr. O.B. Sullivan's home."
Creator
Dylan Tucker, University of North Alabama
Source
”Waterloo - Settled 1819 - Incorporated 1832". Accessed 11/11/2015. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/
Publisher
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Date
11/11/2015
Type
Text