Fort Okfuskee (6 mi. west) - Jackson Gap, AL
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hoteltwo
N 32° 52.980 W 085° 51.258
16S E 607170 N 3638898
Marker placed to identify the location, 6 miles west on US Highway 280, of Fort Oksuskee.
Waymark Code: WMHXGQ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2013
Views: 8
Marker Text:
Built in 1735 by British from Carolina in futile attempt to gain trade of the Creek Indians from the French, located at Fort Toulouse, 40 miles south. Okfuskee was the largest town in Creek Confederacy.
Marker Name: Fort Okfuskee - 6 mi. west
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association.
Map showing this fort and others:
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/historical/forts.pdf
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1953
Marker Number: Not Listed
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