Alabama - Horseshoe Bend National Military Park On March 27, 1814 General Andrew Jackson with troops from the 39th US Infantry and the Tennessee Militia, aided by Lower Creek and Cherokee Indian allies, defeated Chief Menawa and the Upper or Red Stick Creeks. The Red Sticks fought behind a large wooden barricade they had built across a peninsula formed by the "horseshoe" shaped bend of the Tallapoosa River. This was the final battle of the Creek War of 1813-14 and was part of the larger, War of 1812. This 2040 acre park preserves the site of the battle. Located in Daviston, Alabama.
Alabama - Little River Canyon National Preserve Little River flows for most of its length atop Lookout Mountain in northeast Alabama. The river and canyon systems are spectacular Appalachian Plateau landscapes any season of the year. Forested uplands, waterfalls, canyon rims and bluffs, stream riffles and pools, boulders, and sandstone cliffs offer settings for a variety of recreational activities.
Alabama - Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail Completed sections of this trail are found alongside the Natchez Trace Parkway near Rocky Springs and Jackson, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee. The trail is also a unit of the National Tails System. Established March 28, 1983. Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail is located in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Alabama - Russell Cave National Monument Russell Cave National Monument, located 7 miles northwest of Bridgeport, Alabama, is an archeological treasure containing evidence as to how prehistoric people lived in the Southeast for almost 10,000 years. Virtually, no other place in the region holds such a rich record offering clues to how the "First Americans" fed, clothed and protected themselves.
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Alabama - Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site In 1881, Booker T. Washington became the first principal of a newly formed Normal School for Negroes in Tuskegee, Alabama, at the age of 26. This began a lifelong quest for excellence that over saw the Growth of Tuskegee Institute. The Historic Campus District still retains the original buildings built by the students of the Institute, with bricks made by students in the Institute brickyard. In 1896, George Washington Carver joined the faculty and revolutionized agricultural development in the South in the early twentieth century.