Tukabahchi Memorial Stone - Tallassee, AL
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N 32° 31.993 W 085° 53.048
16S E 604788 N 3600089
A memorial plaque mounted to a stone marker marking the capital of the original four mother towns of the old Creek Indian Confederacy called Tukabahchi.
Waymark Code: WMHTKN
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2013
Views: 8
The marker is located in front of the Tallassee City Hall and has this inscription:
THIS STONE PLACED AT THE
GREAT COUNCIL TREE
MARKS THE SITE OF
TUKABAHCHI
1686-1836
CAPITAL OF THE UPPER CREEK INDIAN
NATION. HERE WERE BORN EFAU HAUJO,
GREAT MEDAL CHIEF, AND OPOTHLEYAHOLO,
CREEK LEADERS. BIG WARRIOR RESIDED
NEARBY. HERE CAME TECUMSEH IN 1911
TO AROUSE THE NATIVES AGAINST THE
WHITE SETTLERS AND WAS SUCCESSFULLY
OPPOSED BY COL. BENJAMIN HAWKINS,
PRINCIPAL AGENT FOR INDIAN AFFAIRS
SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. HERE IN 1823
LEE COMPERE ESTABLISHED A BAPTIST
MISSION SCHOOL.
PLACED MAY 13, 1929
BY THE ALABAMA
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Group that erected the marker: Alabama Anthropological Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
3 Freeman Ave
Tallassee, AL USA
36078
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