From Wikipedia.
Park and archaeological site in Alabama. Was made a National Historical Landmark in 1990.
Restoration of an 1813 stockade used during the Creek War. Also a museum with exhibits. There is also a restored 19th-century log home and a visitors center.
Adjacent to it is the Chattahoochee Indian Heritage Center of the Creek Nation and Removal during the Trail of Tears
This fort and center represent three distinct times of Creek-U.S. relations. The fort was named for David Brydie Mitchell, the governor of Georgia. The U.S. defeated the Creeks and forced them to ceded 21 million acres of land to the states of Georgia and Alabama.
During the second time, the fort served as an Indian Factory/trading post beginning in 1817.
The third phase was the Creek Removal to Oklahoma.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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