The Old Federal Road in Alabama : An Illustrated Guide (Alabama the Forge of History)

Braund, Kathryn H./ Waselkov, Gregory A./ Christopher, Raven M.

The University of Alabama Press（2019/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 232 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780817359300
• DDC分類 976.1

Full Description

A concise illustrated guidebook for those wishing to explore and know more about the storied gateway that made possible Alabama's development.
 
Forged through the Creek Nation by the United States, the "federal road" was developed as a communication artery to link the east coast with Louisiana. The postal road created tensions within the Creek Nation that resulted in a devastating war in 1813-1814. The Federal Road served as the primary artery of emigration into Alabama after the forced surrender of vast acreage by the Creek Indians following the Creek War.
 
Central to understanding Alabama's territorial and early statehood years, the Federal Road was both a physical and symbolic thoroughfare that cut a swath of shattering change through the land and cultures it traversed. The road revolutionized Alabama's expansion, altering the course of its development by playing a significant role in sparking a cataclysmic war, facilitating unprecedented American immigration, and enabling an associated radical transformation of the land itself.

The first half of The Old Federal Road in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide offers a narrative history that includes brief accounts of the construction of the road, the experiences of historic travelers, and describes major changes to the road over time. The authors vividly reconstruct the course of the road in detail and make use of a wealth of well-chosen illustrations. Along the way they give attention to the very terrain it traversed, bringing to life what traveling the road must have really been like and illuminating its story in a way few others have ever attempted.
 
The second half of the volume, ""Touring on the Old Federal Road in Alabama,"" is divided into three parts—Eastern, Central, and Southern—and serves as a modern traveler's guide to the Federal Road. This section includes driving tours and maps, highlighting historical sites and surviving portions of the old road and how to visit them.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Old Federal Road: A History
Introduction: Opening the Federal Road
Chapter 1. Early Paths and Roads
Chapter 2. Building a Federal Road
Chapter 3. From War to Statehood
Chapter 4. Traveling the Federal Road
Chapter 5. Taverns and Stage Stops
Chapter 6. The Changing Physical and Cultural Landscape
Concluding Reflections on the Federal Road
Part II. Touring on the Old Federal Road in Alabama
Introduction: A Modern Traveler's Guide to the Old Federal Road in Alabama
Section One: Eastern Segment
Driving Tour: Fort Mitchell to Tuskegee
Sites and Places to Visit
Section Two: Central Segment
     Driving Tour: Tuskegee to Mount Meigs
  Sites and Places to Visit
Driving Tour: Waugh to Shorter
Driving Tour: Montgomery to Pintlala
Driving Tour: Pintlala to Fort Dale to Greenville
Sites and Places to Visit
Section Three: Southern Segment
Driving Tour: Monroe and Conecuh Counties
Sites and Places to Visit
Driving Tour: Monroeville to Fort Claiborne
Sites and Places to Visit
Driving Tour: Mobile to Fort Stoddert
Sites and Places to Visit
Driving Tour: Creek War Sites
Sites and Places to Visit
Additional Resources
Notes
Index