Tuscaloosa News Weather Horoscopes E-mail Visit our sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is a transportation and manufacturing center, with industries centered on the region's coal, iron, cotton, and timber. Food is processed, and rubber tires, chemicals, paper, petroleum products, plastics, textiles, and compact discs are manufactured.
Agriculture also remains important.
The city is the seat of the Univ. of Alabama and Stillman College. It was state capital from 1826 to 1846. In the Civil War, Tuscaloosa was partly burned. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.