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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 Hollifield Professor of Southern History at Auburn University. She is author of
Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685-1815, editor of
Tohopeka: Rethinking the Creek War and the War of 1812, and coeditor of
Fields of Vision: Essays on the Travels of William Bartram, and
William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians. 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 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.
