Courtland, AL news and local guide

The Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad, one of the South's earliest, was organized at Courtland in 1831 and chartered the next year, routed to bypass the dangerous Muscle Shoals of the Tennessee River; it later became part of the Memphis and Charleston and then the Southern Railway. In 1835 Courtland physician Jack Shackelford raised a volunteer company for the Texas Revolution, the "Red Rovers," named for their red uniforms. Mexican forces captured them at Coleto in March 1836, and most were killed in the Goliad massacre; Shackelford was among the few survivors. In 1944 and 1945 Courtland was home to the Courtland Army Air Field, later given to the town as its airport. In the early 1990s more than 100 buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Courtland Historic District. Sources Wikipedia: Courtland, Alabama