Early Native Americans in Butler County - Chapman, AL - Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

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Native Americans lived in the land that would become Alabama for thousands of years before settlers arrived. They included the Creeks, a multiethnic confederacy of tribes descended from the Mississippians, whose complex societies had chiefdoms, towns and an extensive trade network. These native cultures left ancient mounds along Butler County's waterways described by local historian John B. Little in 1885. Projectile points, pottery and other artifacts have been found throughout the area.

Contact with Europeans brought war and disease, and contributed to the Mississippian culture's collapse. The Redstick War of 1813-1814 ended with the Creeks ceding 21 million acres to the United States. Resentment over American intrusion and loss of their lands led to several Creek attacks on local settlers, including the Ogly-Stroud and Butler massacres in Butler County in March 1818. Government-forced removals in the 1830s displaced most of Alabama's remaining Indians to modern-day Oklahoma.

Marker Name: Early Native Americans in Butler County Marker Type: Rural Roadside Addtional Information:: Erected by the Butler County Historical Society. This is a replacement marker for a marker that went missing tens of years ago. Previously the marker was located about 1.8 miles north of this location. Although the marker is dated 2023, the marker was actually erected May 16th, 2024. Sponsored by Fort Dale Chapter, NSDAR Date Dedicated / Placed: 5/16/2024 Marker Number: N/A

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