• Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, and her birthplace is now a museum?
During warmer months, you can watch "The Miracle Worker" and see the actors use the same water pump Helen used when she learned to speak. An annual festival celebrates our First Lady of Courage.

• W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues," was born in Florence. His home is also a museum, and the week-long W.C. Handy Festival has been named as one of the top festivals in the southeast.

• Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, The Oak Ridge Boys, Paul Simon, Percy Sledge, Natalie Cole andAngela and Zac Hacker all recorded hit music in the Shoals?
(So did many others!)

• The Shoals is home to two of the best golf courses on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, and our courses have been nationally recognized as being among the best in the world.

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