The 1819-1820 Tuscaloosa information I found last week at the Library of Congress created so much interest that I tuned up an article I wrote back in 1997 called FRONTIER TUSCALOOSA and posted it on one of my blogs. Plans are underway to celebrate Tuscaloosa's bicentennial in 2019, however, the 200th anniversary of Tuscaloosa's creation will occur in less than 4 months. On March 3, 1817, in the same legislation that created the ALABAMA TERRITORY, the fractional section of land which today makes up the boundaries of the original city of Tuscaloosa was reserved from entry in the public lands sale and set aside as a town site. http://robertoreg.blogspot.com