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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CC_first-united-methodist-church-1872_Alexander-City-AL.html
Following a fire in June 1902 that destroyed the Methodist Episcopal Church of the North Alabama Conference, along with most of downtown Alexander City, the church leadership chose to relocate to this site. Construction began in 1903 on the ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYVB_horseshoe-bend-battleground-monument_Daviston-AL.html
Here on the Horseshoe Battleground General Andrew Jackson and his brave men broke the power of the Creek Indians under Chief Menawa March 29, 1814
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYV9_gun-hill_Daviston-AL.html
Here at 10:30 on the morning of March 27, 1814, general Jackson quickly emplaced his single battery, one 3-pounder and one 6-pounder. He immediately opened a lively but ineffective fire on the center of the sturdy log barricade. After his Indian a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYV8_jackson-trace_Daviston-AL.html
This stone marks the terminus of the route traced through the wilderness by Jackson's army during the Horseshoe Bend campaign.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYV5_major-lemuel-p-montgomery_Daviston-AL.html
Leading the charge on the Indian defenses, Major Montgomery fell while storming the log barricade, Horseshoe Bend was his first battle. But the 28 year old Tennessean already a distinguished lawyer, was among the most promising of Jackson's officers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYV3_they-fought-to-the-last_Daviston-AL.html
By dark, more than 800 Red Stick warriors were dead and at least 350 women and children were prisoners. Jackson's army suffered 154 men wounded and 49 killed. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend effectively ended the Creek Indian War. Five months later, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVZC_the-high-ground_Daviston-AL.html
[The] high ground which extended about mid-way from the breastwork to the river was in some manner open, but the declivity and flat which surrounded it was filled with fallen timber, the growth of which was very heavy, and had been so arrayed that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVYJ_tohopeka-in-flames_Daviston-AL.html
In this meadow 350 women and children, sheltered in the village of Tohopeka, listened to the sounds of battle drifting back from the barricade 1,000 yards away. Alarmed, they watched as enemy Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors crossed the river, cu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVXX_with-deer-tails-in-their-hair_Daviston-AL.html
On the morning of the battle, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson's Indian allies surrounded the lower portion of Horseshoe Bend. The Cherokee were positioned across the river from where you stand; the Lower Creek were farther upriver to your left. Hea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVFA_designed-for-defense_Daviston-AL.html
...[The Creek] had erected a breast-work, of greatest compactness and strength-from five to eight feet high, and prepared with double rows of port-holes very artfully arranged...an army could not approach it without being exposed to a double and c…
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