Keywords: Historic downtown Cordova, Alabama LCCN2010640158.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Cordova is in Walker County It was originally a settlement on the Warrior River Called Dent or Dent's Place The city was dubbed Cordova by Captain Benjamin M Long in 1859 He named the city after a city in Mexico in which he was stationed during the Mexican War ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Forms part of the George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010640158 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/08300/08345a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 08345 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 08345 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Forms part of the George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |