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Tuscumbia Big SpringBig Spring (average daily flow 35,000,000 gallons) provided water for town founded on its banks. Michael Dickson of Tennessee was first settler (about 1817). Town laid out in 1819 and incorporated as Ococoposo (Cold Water, 1820).Name changed to Tuscumbia (1822) for a Chickasaw Indian. Confederate and Union soldiers camped here intermittently during wartime. (1861~1865). Site of Tennessee Valley Fair in the 1800's, later Colbert County Fair until 1930's. Spring park established in 1919.President Carter opened his reelection campaign here Sept. 1, 1980
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| HM Number | HMJ0W |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1989 |
| Placed By | Tennessee Historical Preservation Board |
| Marker Condition |  10 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 5:52am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 435570 N 3843330 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 34.73003333, -87.70375000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 34° 43.802', W 87° 42.225' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 34° 43' 48.12" N, 87° 42' 13.50" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 256 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2904 Spring Park Rd, Tuscumbia AL 35674, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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The marker is on private property, but it can be seen from the road. I placed a geocache at the location.
Mar 31, 2017 at 1:46pm PDT by katarn1977
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