Millie Francis of the Creek Tribe is often called the Creek Pocahontas. She was the first woman and Native American to be awarded a…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) William Weatherford – Red Eagle Among the Native Americans, Tecumseh found a bold, gifted, and eloquent…
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Cherokee County, Alabama - DeSoto and Chiaha where DeSoto visited HUGH CARDON'S HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Part I Mr. Hugh Cardon wrote the…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Jackson Protects Friendly Creeks General Jackson continued to wait for supplies while camped at Fort Strother.…
MUSCLE SHOALS COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA No one knows the origin of the name Muscle Shoals but there are many theories. One theory is that…
(This story was written in 1916. Mr. Clinton was a contributor to the old Alabama Historical Society, reprinted in The Alabama Historical Quarterly 1930) EARLY HISTORY…
$85 dollars worth of Indian blood I can remember growing up and always hearing older family members speak at reunions and gatherings of our…
Note: The following has been transcribed from original text written in late 1800s. Please make allowances for the harsh language used. The Cherokee Indians…
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[This historic site is still surrounded by controversy as can be seen by the film at the end of the article. Most of the…
Little Tallassee, four miles above Wetumpka, was later on the farm owned by Howell Rose, and not far from where he built his house.…
Patron+ Some bios. (N-Z) of Alabama White men associated with Indian life Patron+ member story WHITE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH INDIAN LIFE By Thomas M.…
Patron+ Some bios. (A-M) of Alabama White men associated with Indian life Patron+ member story WHITE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH INDIAN LIFE By Thomas M.…
The following humorous incident has been transcribed from - Sketches of Alabama history by Joel Campbell Du Bose 1901 George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) Captain James…
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EARLY ALABAMA by J. D. DRIESBACH (posted as public story on ancestry.com) (This is a letter from J.D. Dreisbach to Lyman Draper in response…
(This is a transcription of a letter from Gen. Thomas Simpson Woodward to editor J. J. Hooper, Esq. in 1858 about Alabama Indians) WINN…
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BIG WARRIOR CREEK CHIEF Big Warrior was a Creek chief who was born probably at Tuckabatchee and about 1760. No facts have been preserved…
JACKSON CONFRONTING THE MUTINEERS The battle of Enitaohopco was a battle fought by Gen. Andrew Jackson with the Creek Indians at the Creek village…
[Have you ever heard of this romantic Indian legend of Cheaha State Park? Scroll down to watch the film below of Cheaha from 1937]…
Taverns and Stage Stops were the hotels and motels in early Alabama - here is where many were located. I wonder how many buildings…
Last of the Creeks, and brutal murders took place in Alabama during April 1839 Scroll down for this Patron member story If this story…
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EUFAULA, ALABAMA BLOW GUNS, GREEN CORN DANCE *NOTICE: The comments made in this article may be offensive to some today but it was transcribed…
Catharine Brown was born about the year 1800. in a part of the country belonging to the Cherokee Indians, now called Wills-Valley,1 in the northeastern…
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In the summer of 1830, Jackson urged the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek to sign individual treaties accepting removal from their homelands. The Cherokees…
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following…
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