We Invite You to Experience the Magic of the Singing River, with Towns As Diverse in Character As the Attractions and Amenities They Offer

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We invite you to experience the magic of the Singing River, with towns as diverse in character as the attractions and amenities they offer. Visit Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, collectively called “The Shoals”. Those who seek inspiration in the life of Helen Keller should visit her quaint Southern home, music lovers must visit the recording studios that gave Muscle Shoals the title of “hit recording capital of the world”. Nature lovers will find scenic vistas with canyons and waterfalls. You’ll discover a vibrant cultural scene offering art and architecture, music, parks, festivals and fun! Enjoy fishing Pickwick and Wilson Lakes or play a round of golf at The Shoals Robert Trent Jones Golf Course. Whatever you seek in a vacation, we offer it in a special place called The Shoals. 300 North Commons, W. , Tuscumbia The dramatic life and times of Helen Keller are preserved at her birthplace and childhood home, Ivy Green. The plantation home and birthplace cottage, dating back to the 1820’s, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Original furnishings of the Keller family decorate the home and museum, highlighted by hundreds of Miss Keller’s personal mementos, books and gifts from her lifetime of travel and lectures for the betterment of the world’s blind and deaf-blind. Hours M – Sa 8:30 am – 4 pm. (256) 383-4066. Admission. www.helenkellerbirthplace.org

“The Miracle Worker” Play Alabama’s official outdoor drama, continues to inspire and captivate audiences from around the world every June through mid-July since 1961. William Gibson’s play dramatizes the efforts 617 U.S. Highway 72 West, Tuscumbia 603 East Avalon Ave., Muscle Shoals of teacher Anne Sullivan to open the world of communication to The outstanding achievements and the music of Alabamians are FAME, established in 1959, was the first successful, professional 7-year-old blind and deaf Helen Keller. STS* Top 20 and ABA* Top presented in this state museum. “Father of the Blues” W.C. Handy, recording studio in Alabama. Arthur Alexander’s 1961 hit, “You 100 Event. For tickets call 256-383-4066. “Father of Rock and Roll” Sam Phillips and Percy Sledge (“When a Better Move On,” cut here, launched the famous Muscle Shoals Man Loves a Woman”), all Shoals natives, are among the prestigious sound. The internationally acclaimed documentary, “Muscle Shoals” inductees. You’ll hear rocking rhythms and soul touching melodies released in 2013, told the story of FAME and its’ founder, Rick Hall. as you admire the vast memorabilia from the lives and careers of more Releases from FAME have sold over 300 million copies world-wide. than 1,000 stars, representing all styles of America’s music. (256) (256) 381-0801. www.fame2.com. Admission. 381-4417. www.alamhof.org. Hours: T-Sa 9 am-5 pm. Admission.

1000 Alabama Ave., Sheffield Founded in 1978, this was the second 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield location of the legendary Muscle Established in 1969 by a group of Shoals Sound Studio for over 25 years, former FAME session musicians, this where the “Swampers” continued was the location where the Rolling to record hits after moving from their Jackson Highway location. Stones, Cher, Bob Segar, Rod Stewart, Recording artists including Bob Segar, Bob Dylan, Dr. Hook, Etta Paul Simon, Art Garfunkle, and many James, The Oak Ridge Boys, Julian Lennon, Glenn Frey and countless others created some of the most popular hits of the 1970’s. The others. (256) 764-1434 or (256) 335-6961. Known for our rocking Muscle Shoals music and as the birthplace of America’s First Lady rhythm section was eventually immortalized as “The Swampers” by www.CypressMoonProduction.com. Admission. of Courage, Helen Keller, we invite you to visit the Muscle Shoals area for an authentically Lynyrd Skynyrd in the lyrics to “Sweet Home Alabama.” NEARBY: W.C. Handy Home, Museum, & Library southern experience. Whether it is dining in one of our local eateries, shopping in a lovingly (256) 394-3562. www.MSMusicFoundation.org. Admission. 620 W. College St., Florence (256) 760-6434. Admission. preserved downtown district in Tuscumbia or Sheffield filled with a variety of merchandise in antique stores, gift shops, and fashionable ladies clothing boutiques, or strolling through Tuscumbia’s scenic Spring Park to enjoy the musically choreographed Water Show, we know you can experience a taste of true southern culture in our area. During your visit, please stop in our Visitors Center, located conveniently next door to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia for friendly, local advice, free brochures, and area maps. Also, be sure to ask for discount coupons to some of our local attractions. No matter where your visit leads you, you will find friendly people, small town charm, and sites authentically Southern.

Please visit our website for a complete list of current and upcoming events. Tennessee Valley Museum of Art 511 North Water St. , Tuscumbia Spring/Summer: This regional art center is a venue for April: Saturday Morning Walking Tours cultural activities. Galleries provide May: Recall LaGrange at Historic Lagrange College Site Park annual and rotating exhibits as well Chuck Wagon Races at Seven Springs as workshops for adults and children. June: The Miracle Worker Play The permanent exhibition of the Martin Petroglyph, a 3,000 Helen Keller Festival pound boulder with carvings completed by prehistoric people, is on display in a replicated bluff shelter setting. (See website for Muscle Shoals Street Rod Festival Rotating Exhibit and Workshop Schedule.) (256) 383-0533. African Heritage Festival www.tvaa.net. Admission. M-F, 9am – 5pm; Sun, 1-3 pm, Free on July: The Miracle Worker Play Sundays. Saddle Up for St. Jude W.C Handy Music Festival The Ritz Theatre 111 West 3rd St., Sheffield Built in 1927, this former silent movie house was renovated in 1985, Fall/Winter Historic Tuscumbia Belle Mont Mansion preserving the original 1930’s art deco interior. The theatre is September: Oka Kapassa Return to Cold Water One of Alabama’s Best 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia now home to a vibrant community performing arts program. (See American Indian Festival Collections of 19th century architecture from One of early Alabama’s crowning architectural achievements, this is website for Production and Film Calendar.) (256) 383-0533. Labor Day in Spring Park one of the most outstanding Palladian-style houses in the Deep South. www.tvaa.net the antebellum period. The town of Tuscumbia is centered by its The Coon Dog Labor Day Celebration quaint downtown, which includes the majestic Colbert County The mansion has a raised, two-story central section with flanking, one- Courthouse, a restored train depot, early churches and many story wings and a U-shaped floor plan that embraces a courtyard. NEARBY: November: Christmas in the Country historic homes. More than 50 buildings remain from the Antebellum (256) 381-5052. www.preserveala.org. Open W-Sa, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission. Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, 217 Tuscaloosa St., December: Trees of Christmas period. A 6-block area along Main Street holds some of Alabama’s Florence. (256) 760-6379 A Plantation Christmas at Belle Mont Mansion earliest commercial buildings, including the Sutherland Building LaGrange College Site Park Florence. (256) 765-5122 1491 LaGrange College Rd., Leighton Shoals Symphony at UNA, Dickens Christmas Ya’ll Festival and Commercial Row. The south end of Main Street culminates at Established in 1830 as Alabama’s first college, LaGrange became The Shoals Theatre, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence. (256) 764-1700 Spring Park, site of the town’s founding (c.1817). Chickasaw Chief known as “The West Point of the South.” In 1863, the college was Tuscumbia was honored by early white settlers in the naming of destroyed by Union forces. A pioneer village has been recreated at the town. National Register Historic District. Specialty shops and the site to include a welcome center and museum, chapel, and Log Stage production of Les Misérables restaurants now occupy many of these historic buildings. Cabin B&B. www.lagrangehistoricsite.com. Park open daily 9am – 5pm; at The Ritz Theatre. (Photo credit: Joe and Valerie Romans) Historic Sheffield Center staffed Sun, 1-4 pm. Donations. (256) 446-9324 North Montgomery Avenue with its wide, tree-lined streets is Tuscumbia Railway Depot the setting for many historic homes in Sheffield. The city was & Museum incorporated in 1885 and soon after, fine Victorian homes were built, 204 W. 5th St., Tuscumbia followed by large, craftsman style bungalows. National Register This 1888 restored passenger Historic District. Specialty shops, restaurants, and entertainment depot was utilized by both the venues now occupy many buildings in the historic commercial Memphis and Charleston and district. Southern Railway companies. Today, it is a museum dedicated Village One - Sheffield to its’ memorabilia. Tuscumbia This planned community of 85 bungalows, barracks, school, and boasts the first railroad west parks was built as government of the Appalachian Mountains. defense housing in 1918. The (256) 389-1357. Admission. streets were laid out in an unusual Liberty Bell design. The Nearby: Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum Home, 601 Riverview Dr., Florence. houses feature red tile roofs Admission. (256) 740-8899 and stucco exteriors. National Pope’s Tavern Museum, 203 Hermitage Dr., Florence. Admission. Register Historic District. (256) 760-6349 Whippoorwill Park 1201 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield This 44-acre, wooded park is accessed within the historic downtown residential district and was laid out in the original town of Sheffield in 1884. Home to many species of wild flowers and plants, it is a bird sanctuary. Vietnam Memorial on site. UNIQUE & OUTDOORS Hawk Pride Mountain Off-Road Park 3834 Hawk Pride Mountain Rd, Tuscumbia This privately owned park offers a wide variety of offroading spread over 1,000 NATURE WALKS & CYCLING acres. Over 40 trails to accommodate Several miles of hiking, walking, jogging and biking trails are everyone from the most sophisticated available to the public on the TVA Reservation located in Muscle rock crawlers to simple 4x4s and ATV’s. Shoals and Sheffield. A six mile-bike trail through historic Camping pads for RV’s, primitive camping, downtown Sheffield is accessible from N. Montgomery Ave. bathhouses, restrooms, food vendors, and Fifteen miles of hiking trails are maintained in Cane Creek Canyon merchandise. Nature Preserve, west of Tuscumbia. www.HawkPrideMountainOffRoad.com (256) 349-4150 Old Railroad Bridge 2100 Ashe Blvd., Sheffield Wilson Lock and Dam This pedestrian bridge is 1,580 feet long and 14 feet high. The 3985 Reservation Rd., Muscle Shoals pier dates back to 1832, the superstructure to 1903. The original Wilson Dam boasts one of the highest, bridge opened in 1839 as a toll bridge with trains crossing on the single-lift locks in the world. Construction upper deck while wagons, pedestrians and livestock crossed over on the dam began during World War I, TVA the bottom. was created in 1933. www.tva.gov/sites/wilson.htm Riverfront Park (256) 764-5223 1416 Alabama Avenue, Sheffield This park boasts one mile of inviting shoreline on Pickwick Lake. Natchez Trace Parkway Variety of recreation available, including boat launch, fishing 444 Miles from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN – 33 miles in Alabama piers, docking facilities, picnicking, walking trails, splash pad, A National Scenic Byway and All American Road, the Colbert playground and restrooms. Ferry site offers restrooms, picnic area, swimming, fishing, boat launch, bicycle only campground at Milepost 327. www.nps.gov BIRDING (800) 305-7417 The northwest loop of the North Alabama Birding Trail boasts Watersports: more than a dozen sites located primarily in the Shoals area. With two lakes covering Several sites are noted for their impressive congregations of more than 58,700 acres winter birds – waterfowl, eagles, gulls – as well as a long list of and hundreds of miles of rare or vagrant species to the state. Leighton winding creeks and streams, Ponds, with its assemblage of flooded Pickwick and Wilson Lakes sinkholes, is one of Alabama’s best interior are a paradise for water sites for shorebird migration. The sports enthusiasts. The Natchez Trace Parkway with its waterways are great places wooded, scenic byway offers to kayak, fish, swim, paddle Barred Owls and Wild Turkey. board, windsurf, water ski Another site on the historic or take a sunset cruise on a Trace, Rock Springs, is renowned yacht. for its concentration of fall migrating hummingbirds. These sites and more make Nearby: for great birding in the Shoals area. Te-lah-nay’s Wall (Tom Hendrix’ Wall): 13890 County Road 8, www.northalabamabirdingtrail.com Florence (256) 764-3617 Dam. Fishing conditions include rocky points, grassbeds, deep dropoffs with many ideal shallow water areas, and great night fishing in the summer. www.FishWilsonLake.com

LICENSE Fishing licenses are available at the Colbert County Courthouse and Complimentary Breakfast Banquet / Meeting Space Outside Plugs (for fishing boats) HOTELS, MOTELS & INNS of Rooms No. Welcome Pets Exercise Room Pool Business Center Restaurant Lounge Suites High Speed Internet at many bait and tackle shops in the area. State fishing licenses may also be purchased online at www.OutdoorAlabama.com, which also America’s Best Value Inn – (256) 381-0236. 2807 Woodward Avenue 52 contains the latest license fees, creel limits and lake records. Muscle Shoals, AL 35661. www.americasbestvalueinn.com • • • • • Best Western Plus – 2048 AL Hwy 20, Tuscumbia, AL 35674. 68 www.BestWestern.com (Open late 2016) • • • • • • • • Coldwater Inn – (256) 383-6844. 712 U.S. Highway 72 West, 75 Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.coldwater-inn.com • • • • • • • Comfort Inn & Suites – (256) 248-0850. 5101 Hwy 43 South, 62 Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.choicehotels.com/hotel/al296 • • • • • • • • Days Inn - (256) 383-3000. 2701 Woodward Avenue, 77 Muscle Shoals, AL 35661. www.daysinn.com • • • • • Four Way Inn – (256) 381-8484. Hwy. 43 South, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 37 Hillcrest Motel – (256) 383-2631. 3115 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, AL 35660 20 Key West Inn – (256) 383-0700. 1800 U.S. Highway 72 East, 43 Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.keywestinn.net • • • • • Microtel Inn & Suites – (256) 248-0055. 1852 U.S. Hwy 72 East, 55 Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.ShoalsMicrotel.com • • • • • • • • • Radisson Hotel & Conference Center – (256) 381-4710. 201 4900 Hatch Blvd., Sheffield, AL 35660. www.Radisson.com • • • • • • • • • • • Regal Inn Express – (256) 383-1114. 4305 N. Jackson Highway, 50 Sheffield, AL 35660 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at the Shoals 990 Sunbelt Parkway, Muscle Shoals The Muscle Shoals area offers some of the best fishing Two, 18-hole, championship courses overlooking Wilson Lake are opportunities in the nation with well-known Pickwick and Wilson Lakes! The lakes were formed beginning in the 1930s when the included on Alabama’s RTJ Golf Trail. The links-style Fighting Joe Cable Television RV PARKS & CAMPGROUNDS Pavilion/ Meeting Space Laundry Tennessee Valley Authority began construction of a series of massive measures an astounding 8,092 yards, offering simple, straight- of Sites No. RV Sites Sites Tent Primitive Sites Electricity/Water Dump Station Bathhouse Boat Ramp High Speed Internet dams along the Tennessee River in North Alabama. This unique forward golf that challenges both the amateur and the PGA pro. The Colbert County Alloys Park/Campground - Wilson Lake. (256) 577-9619, 25 combination of the nature-made deep channel of the river and the tree-lined Schoolmaster is traditional golf, keeping with the natural 180 Alloys Park Lane, Muscle Shoals, Al 35661. www.colbertco.org • • • • • • • • • • man-made reservoirs of flooded fields, bluffs and marsh areas has topography along the river. Wooded, rolling, spectacular. Club house, Colbert County Rose Trail RV Park & Campground - Pickwick Lake. 71 dining, pro shop. (256) 446-5111; www.rtjgolf.com generated excellent habitats for a large variety (256) 360-2764 . 9395 Riverton Rose Trail, Cherokee, AL 35616. www.colbertco.org • • • • • • • • • of game fish. Heritage Acres RV Park - Good Sam park. (256) 383-7368, 65 For trip planning, guide services, and Cypress Lakes Golf Course 1770 Neil Morris Road (off U.S. Hwy 72), Tuscumbia, AL 35674 • • • • • • • tournament information visit www. 1211 E 6th St., Muscle Shoals Seven Springs Lodge - (256) 370-7218, 150 VisitShoalsAL.com Challenging 18-hole golf course, bentgrass greens, overseeded tee 1292 Mt. Mills Rd., Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.SevenSpringsLodge.net • • • • • • • boxes and fairways. Exercise room, pro shop, restaurant, call for tee Tuscumbia RV Park - (256) 383-2363 or toll free (866) 930-7275 24 PICKWICK LAKE times. (256) 381-1232. www.cypresslakesgolfandtennis.com 18260 U.S. Hwy 72 W., Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.TuscumbiaRvPark.com • • • • • • Pickwick impounds 30,175 acres of water along the Tennessee River, stretching Spring Creek Golf Course 46 miles between Muscle Shoals, Ala., 800 Woodmont Dr., Tuscumbia and Pickwick Landing, Tenn. Fishing This nine-hole, city-owned course is a flat one, excellent for conditions include shallow stump flats, well- CABINS & LAKE HOMES beginners and seniors. Paved cart paths, pro shop. of No. Bedrooms Baths Deck/Porch Washer/Dryer Dishwasher Boat Ramp DVD Player Outdoor Grill High Speed Internet Cable Television or Lake Pool Swimming defined channels, active feeder creeks, steeply falling (256) 386-5670. bluffs, rocky ledges and long grassbeds. Big Bear Cabin - (901) 412-5507. 791 Shook Road, Cherokee, AL 35616. 6 4 www.PickwickLakeRentals.com • • • • • www.FishPickwickLake.com Twin Pines Golf and Country Club • • LaGrange B & B Log Cabin - (256) 446-9324. 1491 LaGrange College 1855 Country Club Dr., Russellville, AL 35653 2 1 WILSON LAKE Rd., Leighton, AL 35646. www.lagrangehistoricsite.com • • • • Beautiful 18-hole course, bentgrass greens, Next Door Lake Home - (256) 762-8740, 378 Sycamore Dr, Wilson impounds 15,930 acres of water along the 7 4 Bermuda fairways, over 6,200 yards, par 71. Pro Muscle Shoals, AL 35661. www.wiporwil.com/next-door.htm • • • • • • • • • Tennessee River, stretching 15 miles between Wilson shop, driving range, PGA professional on Seven Springs Lodge - (256) 370-7218 Dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala. and Rogersville’s Wheeler staff. Tee times required. (256) 332-4191 1292 Mt. Mills Rd., Tuscumbia, AL 35674. www.SevenSpringsLodge.net 3* 1* *2 silos (each sleeps 2 to 8, shared bath); Cabins are 1bdr, 1bath each. • • • • • • Shoals Area Attractions Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 617 U.S. Hwy 72 W., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 381-4417 Belle Mont Mansion, 1569 Cook Ln., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 381-5052 Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve, 251 Loop Rd., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 381-6301 Children’s Museum of the Shoals, 2810 Darby Dr., Florence, AL; (256) 765-0500 Colbert County Courthouse, 200 N. Main St., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 386-8500 Coldwater Stagecoach Stop, 302 S. Dickson St., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-0783 Coon Dog Cemetery, 4945 Coondog Cemetery Rd., Cherokee, AL; (256) 383-0783 Cypress Moon Productions, 1000 Alabama Ave., Sheffield, AL; (256) 335-6961 FAME Recording Studio, 603 Avalon Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 381-0801 Hawk Pride Mountain Off-Road Park, 144 Mountain Side Rd., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 349-4150 Helen Keller Home, 300 North Commons West, Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-4066 Tom Hendrix’ Wall, 13890 County Road 8, Florence AL; (256) 764-3617 Indian Mound and Museum, 1028 S. Court St., Florence, AL; (256) 760-6427 8 Jack-O-Lantern Farms, 430 Garage Rd., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 386-2335 Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, 217 Tuscaloosa St., Florence, AL; (256) 760-6379 LaGrange College Site Park, 1491 LaGrange College Rd., Leighton, AL; (256) 446-9324 Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum, 3614 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, AL; (256) 394-3562 Old Railroad Bridge, 2100 Ashe Blvd., Sheffield, AL; (256) 383-0783 Pathways: Walk rough the History of Muscle Shoals, 2010 Avalon Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 383-5675 Pope’s Tavern Museum, 203 Hermitage Dr., Florence, AL; (256) 760-6349 Riverfront Park, 1416 Alabama Ave., Sheffield, AL; (256) 383-0783 Seven Springs Lodge, 1292 Mt. Mills Rd., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 370-7218 Spring Park, 1 Spring Park Rd. Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 389-1357 Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 N. Water St., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-0533 e Ritz eatre, 111. W. 3rd St., Sheffield, AL; (256) 383-0533 Tuscumbia Railway Depot & Museum, 204 West 5th St., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 389-1357 W.C. Handy Home, Museum, & Library, 620 W. College St., Florence, AL; (256) 760-6434 Whippoorwill Park, 1201 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, AL; (256) 383-0783 Cypress Lakes Wilson Lock and Dam, 3985 Reservation Rd., Muscle Shoals, AL; Golf Course (256) 764-5223 Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum Home, 601 Riverview Dr., Florence, AL; (256) 740-8899 Hotels and Motels America’s Best Value Inn & Suites, 2807 Woodward Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 381-0236 Best Western Plus, 2048 AL Hwy 20, Tuscumbia, AL 35674. (Open late 2016) Coldwater Inn, 712 Highway 72 W., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-6844 Comfort Inn & Suites, 5101 Highway 43 S., Tuscumbia, AL ; (256) 248-0850 Days Inn, 2701 Woodward Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 383-3000 Four Way Inn, 512 Highway 43 S., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 381-8484 S Hillcrest Motel, 3115 N. Jackson Hwy., She eld, AL; (256) 383-2631 Key West Inn, 1800 Highway 72 E., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-0700 Microtel Inn & Suites, 1852 Highway 72 E., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 248-0055

Freedom Hills Radison Hotel & Conference Center, 4900 Hatch Blvd., She eld, AL; (256) 381-4710 Shooting Regal Inn Express, 4305 N. Jackson Hwy., She eld, AL; (256) 383-1114 Range Cabins/Cottages Longhorn Big Bear Cabin, 791 Shook Rd., Cherokee, AL; (901) 412-5507 R Arena LaGrange B&B Log Cabin, 1991 LaGrange College Rd., Leighton, AL; (256) 446-9324 Next Door Lake Home, 378 Sycamore Dr., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 762-8740 Seven Springs Lodge, 1292 Mt. Mills Rd., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 370-7218 Campgrounds Colbert County Alloys Park/Campground, 180 Alloys Park Ln., Muscle Shoals, AL; (256) 577-9619 To Red Bay, Colbert County Rose Trail RV Park/Campground, 9395 Riverton Rose Trail Rd., Cherokee, AL; Tiﬃn Motor Homes & Cypress Cove Farm (256) 360-2764 Heritage Acres RV Park, 1770 Neil Morris Rd., Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-7368 S Tuscumbia RV Park, 18260 Hwy. 72, Tuscumbia, AL; (256) 383-2363 or (866) 930-PARK (7275)