Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation

04/25/2026

Join us at 10 am at the corner of Sixth and Main streets in front of the old Coldwater Books for our final walking tour of the month. Historian Ron Hudson will lead a tour of downtown City of Tuscumbia, Alabama - Government, including a visit inside the historic First Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in continuous use in the state of Alabama.

04/04/2026

Join us at 10 am tomorrow (April 4) for our first Tuscumbia Walking Tour of the year! Historian Buddy Whitlock will lead the tour through downtown Tuscumbia, including a stop at the historic Steele Home. Put on your walking shoes and join us!👟

12/25/2025

12/07/2025

Join us Saturday for our Dickens High Tea at the Winston Home! Purchase tickets at FiddleDeeD! in Tuscumbia.
Colbert Tourism
City of Tuscumbia, Alabama - Government
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
North Alabama Local History
Remember Tuscumbia
Belle Mont Mansion

11/17/2025

We celebrated our new marker installation in Sheffield with a lovely unveiling ceremony this afternoon! Special thank you to Sheffield Mayor Bryan VanDevender, Jimmy Austin and Joel Mize for unveiling our marker and reminding us of the important role Sheffield has played in history. Thank you always to Lanny Perry, chair of our historic marker committee, for ensuring our local history is appropriately designated.

11/16/2025

Joel Mize presents on the Andrew Jackson Military Road for our CCHLF quarterly meeting.

11/16/2025

Join us Sunday, November 16, for our quarterly meeting as Joel Mize presents on Andrew Jackson's time in Sheffield. A marker unveiling will immediately follow in Sheffield as CCHLF unveils a marker designating Andrew.

Quarterly Meeting
2 pm
Helen Keller Public Library

Marker Unveiling near the Standpipe in Sheffield
3:15 pm

SHEFFIELD - Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation will host an unveiling ceremony for the historic marker recently installed near the Standpipe in Sheffield. It stands beside the historic Andrew Jackson black walnut tree on Gordon Drive near 14th Street.

The marker depicts the Jackson Ferry location as viewed from the top of the bluff looking up river and down Jackson Hollow to the original crossing, said Joel Mize, who spearheaded the project.

“This was the area’s first ferry downstream of Campbell’s Bainbridge Ferry,” Mize said. “The ferry is estimated to have been operational by 1818 and was integral to the full military road constructed between 1816 and 1820. After a few years, the ferry crossing was relocated upstream to the present Jackson Highway O’Neal Bridge crossing to be more convenient to Court Street in Florence.”

11/01/2025

Today is the day! Join us at the Coldwater Stage Coach Stop (log cabin) across from the City of Tuscumbia, Alabama - Government Police Station as we celebrate Tuscumbia's founding.
We will have:
☕ Coffee from Mug Life
🍲Chicken Stew
🥧Bake Sale
🎻Live Music from the Cane Creek Cliff Dwellers
🚪Log Cabin tours
🪑🧵Spinning and Weaving/Chair Caning Demonstrations
🚃Trolley Tour of Tuscumbia at 2 pm

10/30/2025

Join us Saturday for a fun day of music and fellowship! Music by the Cane Creek Cliff Dwellers, chicken stew, bake sale, log cabin tours, Mug Life Coffee Truck, spinning and weaving and chair caning demonstrations - and more!
Colbert Tourism
City of Tuscumbia, Alabama - Government