A Master Plan For Fort Toulouse Fort Jackson Park

Download or read book A Master Plan for Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson Park written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson Park is a National Historical Landmark located on a 140-acre piece of high land at the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers. It is one of the oldest continually inhabited sites in North America with archaeological artifacts dating to the Early Archaic period of 6000 years BC when nomadic hunters roamed the region. Evidence of large Indian hunting settlements in the area has been found spanning several thousand years with current Indian mound on the site probably begun around AD 1100. Fast forward several hundred years to the 1540's and DeSoto was exploring the Alabama region and documenting thriving Indian settlements throughout the area"--Executive Summary.