Waterloo Landing

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Quick Facts

Location:

Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama 35677.

Significance:

An encampment along the Tennessee River during the Indian Removal in 1838. From here detachments boarded steamboats.

Designation:

Historic site on the Trail of Tears NHT.

Amenities

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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

Waterloo Landing was an encampment along the Tennessee River during the Indian Removal in 1838. From here, detachments boarded steamboats and continued some distance on the Tennessee River west toward Paducah, Kentucky. 

This section of the Tennessee has been damed and today is Pickwick Lake. 

Site Information

Location (Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama, 35677.)

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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

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