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A concise illustrated guidebook for those wishing to explore and know more about the storied gateway that made possible Alabama's development. 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 Alabama.
About the author
Kathryn H. Braund is the Hollifield Professor of Southern History at Auburn University. She coedited (with Gregory A. Waselkov) William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians. She is the author of Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685–1815 and coeditor of Tohopeka: Rethinking the Creek War and the War of 1812 and Fields of Vision: Essays on the Travels of William Bartram.
Gregory A. Waselkov is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of South Alabama. He has written, edited, and contributed to many books on southern archaeology and history, including Old Mobile Archaeology and A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814.
Raven M. Christopher is the chief curator at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. She is coauthor with Gregory A. Waselkov of the Archaeological Survey of the Old Federal Road in Alabama, Final Report, prepared for the Alabama Department of Transportation.
Summary
A concise illustrated guidebook for those wishing to explore and know more about the storied gateway that made possible Alabama's development. 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 Alabama.
