The New Student's Reference Work/Talladega, Ala.

Tal′lade′ga, Ala., county-seat of Talladega County, on the Southern, the Louisville and Nashville and the Birm. and Ala. railway, about 50 miles east by south of Birmingham. Here in 1813 was fought a battle between Creek Indians and an American force under Andrew Jackson. It is the seat of Talladega College (Cong.) for colored students, of the Orphan's Home (Presb.) and of state schools for the deaf, dumb and blind. Its industries embrace cotton, knitted goods, chemicals, fertilizers, cottonseed-oil, furniture, cordage, oil, ice brick and marble products. Population 5,824.