Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

On our way down to Jacks folks house in Auburn, AL we visited Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. It was very interesting, as it is a monument remembering the last battle of the Creek War which occurred on March 27th, 1814. Over 800 Red Creek Native Americans died in the battle. As a result, the following August the Creek Indians signed a treaty giving the US what we now call Alabama and Georgia, 23,000,000 acres. Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Military Park Hours Military Park Visitors Center On both sides the tension was building then ... Read Full Story

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