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-- | Fort Toulouse (1717-1763) - A French Colonial fort established in 1717 in present day Elmore County, Alabama, near Wetumpka, north of Montgomery. Named for the french Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, a son of king Louis XIV of France and president of the Conseil de la Marine, the fort was abandoned in 1763 when this part of Louisiana was ceded to British by treaty at the end of French and Indian War. It was called Poste aux Alibamons, Fort des Alibamons, Fort Toulouse des Alibamons, Alabama Fort, Alabama post. Fort Jackson (6) (1814-1817) – A military post established in 1814 on the same spot by Americans in the war against the Creeks and British. | ||
Lieutenant de LaTour built the first fort in 1717 with labor and material from the Alabamas on the narrow peninsula between Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers. It was a one foot oak log palisade fort with four bastions armed with 3 to 4 swivel guns measuring less than 150 feet between the bastions on a bluff along the shore of Coosa river, Fort Toulouse I. In 1725, they added a dry moat about seven and a half feet deep to repair and strengthen the fort. The stockade was enlarged and repaired in 1735. In 1748 the fort was in a dilapidated state and equipped with four carriage guns of four and six pounder and four swivel guns of one or two pounder. In 1751 a new wood fort with a log palisade was constructed 100 feet south of the old structure by sub-engineer François Saucier, Fort Toulouse II. Five buildings were erected inside: powder magazine, store, barracks and commandant house. | |||
1814, Andrew Jackson and the militia constructed a new and larger fort, Fort Jackson, over the site of the old fort. The fort was garrisoned till 1817 and Governor Gibson tempted to establish a town there in 1820 without success. | |||
In 1911, the site is acquired by the State of Alabama. In 1920-1950, there was amateur archeological research on the site. 1971, the site became a park. 1972-1980 and 1984-1986 saw serious archeological investigations on the site of Fort Toulouse II and Fort Jackson, a part of Fort Toulouse I was discovered. The fort of 1751 was reconstructed following the archeological discoveries and can be visited today. | |||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Elmore County, Alabama | Elmore County, Alabama | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 5 April 2013
Fort Toulouse (1) (1717-1763, 1814-1819) - A French Colonial Fort first established as Fort Toulouse in 1717 in present day Elmore County, Alabama. Abandoned by the French in 1763. Reestablished as Fort Jackson by Americans in 1814 during the War of 1812. Abandoned in 1819.
Fort Toulouse (1) History
Fort Toulouse (1717-1763) - A French Colonial fort established in 1717 in present day Elmore County, Alabama, near Wetumpka, north of Montgomery. Named for the french Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, a son of king Louis XIV of France and president of the Conseil de la Marine, the fort was abandoned in 1763 when this part of Louisiana was ceded to British by treaty at the end of French and Indian War. It was called Poste aux Alibamons, Fort des Alibamons, Fort Toulouse des Alibamons, Alabama Fort, Alabama post. Fort Jackson (6) (1814-1817) – A military post established in 1814 on the same spot by Americans in the war against the Creeks and British.
Lieutenant de LaTour built the first fort in 1717 with labor and material from the Alabamas on the narrow peninsula between Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers. It was a one foot oak log palisade fort with four bastions armed with 3 to 4 swivel guns measuring less than 150 feet between the bastions on a bluff along the shore of Coosa river, Fort Toulouse I. In 1725, they added a dry moat about seven and a half feet deep to repair and strengthen the fort. The stockade was enlarged and repaired in 1735. In 1748 the fort was in a dilapidated state and equipped with four carriage guns of four and six pounder and four swivel guns of one or two pounder. In 1751 a new wood fort with a log palisade was constructed 100 feet south of the old structure by sub-engineer François Saucier, Fort Toulouse II. Five buildings were erected inside: powder magazine, store, barracks and commandant house. 1814, Andrew Jackson and the militia constructed a new and larger fort, Fort Jackson, over the site of the old fort. The fort was garrisoned till 1817 and Governor Gibson tempted to establish a town there in 1820 without success. In 1911, the site is acquired by the State of Alabama. In 1920-1950, there was amateur archeological research on the site. 1971, the site became a park. 1972-1980 and 1984-1986 saw serious archeological investigations on the site of Fort Toulouse II and Fort Jackson, a part of Fort Toulouse I was discovered. The fort of 1751 was reconstructed following the archeological discoveries and can be visited today.
Current Status
Elmore County, Alabama
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1680819
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Location: Elmore County, Alabama. Maps & Images Lat: 32.5041667 Long: -86.2563889 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 7
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