Six Indians Hanged - Phenix City, Alabama
N 32° 27.893 W 084° 59.943
16S E 688056 N 3593729
This Historic Marker stands on the Phenix City Riverwalk along the Chattahoochee River between Dillingham and 13th Streets.
Waymark Code: WM4TM8
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2008
Views: 68
The Marker Reads:
Six Indians Hanged
In November 1836, six Creek and Yuchi Indians were hanged near this spot for their role in a last desperate uprising against the frontier whites of Georgia and Alabama. Following decades of provocation from whites anxious to gain control of their lands, a small band of Indians attacked and burned the little hamlet of Roanoke in Stewart County, Georgia, killing many of its inhabitants. They also killed several whites in a raid on a stagecoach a few miles south of here, near the bridge over Yuchi Creek. Eyewitnesses said the Indians died bravely.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Phenix City – Russell County Chamber of Commerce – 2004
Marker Name: Six Indians Hanged
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
This marker is a short walk from the parking lot on the Dillingham Street end of the Riverwalk
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2004
Marker Number: Not Listed
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