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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MIH_fort-mims-massacre_Stockton-AL.html
In honor of the
men, woman and children
massacred by Creek Indians
in brave defence of
Fort Mims Aug. 30, 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M7W_fort-mims_Stockton-AL.html
Here in Creek Indian War 1813-14 took place most brutal massacre in American history.
Indians took fort with heavy loss, then killed all but about 36 of some 550 in the fort.
Creeks had been armed by British at Pensacola in this phase of War o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1961_fort-mims-and-the-creek-indian-war-1813-14_Stockton-AL.html
Front: In 1813, people on the United State's southwestern frontier were fearful. The Redstick faction of the Creek Indian Nation opposed growing American influence in the area and had voted for war. However, Creeks living in the Tensaw area had in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195X_historic-stockton-old-schoolyard-park_Stockton-AL.html
Front:Historic StocktonModern Stockton is situated on a hill just above the original settlement, which was abandoned around 1840 because of Yellow Fever outbreaks. No verified source for the town name exists. Most likely it was named by the local …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195V_bartrams-trail_Stockton-AL.html
William Bartram, America's first native born artist - naturalist, passed through Baldwin County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna and inhabitants. As the appointed botanist of Britain's King Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195U_stockton-presbyterian-church_Stockton-AL.html
First known as Baldwin Presbyterian Church, members met in 1847, in Old Union Church near John Gallagher Springs. In 1903, the membership was moved to this site and the name was changed to Stockton Presbyterian Church. In 1956, the membership move…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195T_the-mound-line_Stockton-AL.html
Surveyed in 1799 to mark the 31? North Latitude, this line charted the first southern boundary of the United States, separating the U.S. from Spanish Florida. The line was marked at one-mile intervals by earthen mounds approximately fifteen-feet s…