The Tallapoosas were a division of the Upper Creeks in the Muscogee Confederacy . Prior to Removal to Indian Territory , Tallapoosa lived along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama .
13-640: Tallapoosa may refer to: People [ edit ] Tallapoosas , a division of Upper Creek Indians in Alabama Places in the United States [ edit ] Tallapoosa, Georgia Tallapoosa, Missouri Tallapoosa County, Alabama Tallapoosa River , Alabama Ships [ edit ] USS Tallapoosa (1863) USCGC Tallapoosa (WPG-52) See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Tallapoosa Topics referred to by
26-577: A temper. Over 30 towns along the Tallapoosa, Coosa , and Chattahoochee Rivers allied to form the Muscogee Confederacy. The Tallapoosa were among these Upper Creeks, who were more culturally and politically conservative than the Lower Creek towns. The Tallapoosas fought in the siege of Pensacola . Although these warriors proved their effectiveness in combining native tactics and European arms,
39-498: Is about 265 miles (426 km) long – is prevented by shoals and a 60-foot (18 m) fall at Tallassee , a few miles north of its junction with the Coosa. The Alabama is navigable throughout the year. The river played an important role in the growth of the economy in the region during the 19th century as a source of transportation of goods, which included slaves. The river is still used for transportation of farming produce; however, it
52-604: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tallapoosas They are also called the Cadapouches or Canapouches, which was mistakenly considered a synonym for the Catawba of the Carolina. Spanish explorers described towns along the Tallapoosa as being surrounded by protective wooden palisades . In later years, the palisades were no longer built. They made ceramics using grit as
65-643: Is not as important as it once was due to the construction of roads and railways. Documented by Europeans first in 1701, the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa rivers were central to the homeland of the Creek Indians before their removal by United States forces to the Indian Territory in the 1830s. The Alabama River has three lock and dams between Montgomery and the Mobile River. The Robert F. Henry Lock & Dam
78-811: The Red Sticks , that fought in the Battle of Holy Ground . In the summer of 1813, the Red Sticks built new settlements for "each component of the Upper Creek Nation ( Alabamas , Tallapoosas, Abeikas ). The Tallapoosas built a new settlement near the town of Autossee, and the Abeikas erected Tohopeka, a fortified encampment at the Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River . The Alabamas built Holy Ground, or Econochaca ... on
91-597: The Tombigbee , forming the Mobile and Tensaw rivers, which discharge into Mobile Bay . The run of the Alabama is highly meandering. Its width varies from 50 to 200 yards (46 to 183 m), and its depth from 3 to 40 feet (1 to 12 m). Its length as measured by the United States Geological Survey is 318.5 miles (512.6 km), and by steamboat measurement, 420 miles (680 km). The river crosses
104-505: The English failed to compensate them adequately and seriously underestimated their importance as the key to the balance of power in the southeastern interior. Consequently, by 1716 the Tallapoosas and other tribes had shifted allegiance to the other side and prepared to use what they had learned against South Carolina settlements. The Tallapoosas were a part of a "Creek traditionalist faction,"
117-719: The bluffs above the Alabama River , approximately 30 miles west of present-day Montgomery ." The Tallapoosa were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory with other Muscogee people in the early 19th century. Tallapoosa name first appears on settlers maps in Georgia Tallapoosa, Georgia where the Tallapoosa River begins is named after the tribe. There is a Historical Marker named "Seven Chestnuts" where Creek tribes had council meetings under seven chestnut trees located in Tallapoosa. Another nearby Historic Marker marks
130-521: The mineral region of Alabama and is navigable for light-draft boats from Rome, Georgia , to about 117 miles (188 km) above Wetumpka (about 102 miles (164 km) below Rome and 26 miles (42 km) below Greensport), and from Wetumpka to its junction with the Tallapoosa. The channel of the river has been considerably improved by the federal government. The navigation of the Tallapoosa River – which has its source in Paulding County, Georgia , and
143-573: The richest agricultural and timber districts of the state. Railways connect it with the mineral regions of north-central Alabama. After the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, the principal tributary of the Alabama is the Cahaba River , which is about 194 miles (312 km) long and joins the Alabama River about 10 miles (16 km) below Selma. The Alabama River's main tributary, the Coosa River, crosses
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169-567: The trail Creek Indians traveled named "Sandtown Trail" Tallapoosa County, Alabama is named after the tribe. Alabama River The Alabama River , in the U.S. state of Alabama , is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about 6 miles (10 km) north of Montgomery , near the town of Wetumpka . Over a course of approximately 319 miles (513 km), the river meanders west towards Selma , then southwest until, about 45 miles (72 km) from Mobile , it unites with
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