Wind Creek State Park
4325 Alabama Highway 128
Alexander City, AL
35010

256-329-0845
256-234-4870 (fax)

Roland Cooper State Park
285 Deer Run Dr.
Camden , AL
36726

334-682-4838
334-682-4050 (fax)

Rickwood Caverns
370 Rickwood Park Rd.
Warrior, AL
35180

205-647-9692
205-647-9692 (fax)

Paul M. Grist State Park
1546 Grist Rd.
Selma , AL
36701

334-872-5846
334-872-5846 (fax)

Oak Mountain State Park
200 Terrace Dr.
Pelham, AL
35124

205-620-2520
205-620-2531 (fax)

Lake Lurleen State Park
13226 Lake Lurleen Rd.
Coker, AL
35452

205-339-1558
205-339-8885 (fax)

Chickasaw State Park
26955 U.S. Hwy. 43
Gallion, AL
36742

334-295-8230
334-295-8230 (fax)

Chewacla State Park
124 Shell Toomer Pkwy.
Auburn, AL
36830

334-887-5621
334-821-2439 (fax)

Address:
11288 Horseshoe Bend Road
Daviston, AL
36256-9751

On the morning of 27 March 1814, General Andrew Jackson and an army of 3,300 men consisting of Tennessee militia, United States regulars and both Cherokee and Lower Creek allies attacked Chief Menawa and 1,000 Upper Creek or Red Stick warriors fortified in the "horseshoe" bend of the Tallapoosa River. To seal off the bend of the river, the Upper Creeks built an incredibly strong 400 yard long barricade made of dirt and logs. As the Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors swam the Tallapoosa and attacked from the rear, Jackson launched the militia and regular soldiers against the barricade. Facing overwhelming odds, the Red Sticks fought bravely yet ultimately lost the battle. Over 800 Upper Creeks died at Horseshoe Bend defending their homeland. This was the final battle of the Creek War of 181314, which is considered part of the War of 1812. In a peace treaty signed after the battle, both the Upper and Lower Creeks were forced to give the United States nearly 20 million acres of land in what is today Alabama and Georgia. The victory here brought Andrew Jackson national attention and helped him to be elected the seventh President of the United States in 1828. This 2,040acre park preserves the site of the battle.



Phone: Visitor Information 2562347111 Headquarters 2562347111

Address:
1616 Chappie James Avenue
Tuskegee, AL
36083


The sky was the limit literally! After the successful flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903, Americans of all races were stung by the love bug of flight. In the late 1920s and 1930s African Americans in great numbers began their love affair with flight. They learned the basics of flight on either American soil or abroad, and created their own flight schools and clubs. This love affair was kindled in the late 1930s, when the United States Government created Civilian Pilot Training Programs throughout the country to provide a surplus of pilots in case of a national emergency. African Americans were included in these programs, although trained at segregated facilities. Their love of flight became fully ablaze amid World War II as political pressure challenged the government to expand the role of African Americans in the military. The Army Air Corps was the first agency to accept the challenge. Tuskegee Institute, a small black college in Alabama, was selected to host the "military experiment" to train African American pilots and support staffthus the Tuskegee Airmen were born. The outstanding performance of the over 15,000 men and women who shared the "Tuskegee Experience" from 19421946, is immortalized at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.



Phone: Visitor Information 334 724 0922 Visitor Information 334 724 0906

Address:
1212 Old Montgomery Road
Tuskegee, AL
36087


The climax to the decadeslong voting rights crusade in Alabama erupted in March 1965 as Civil Rights activists converged on Selma, Alabama. The final push to achieve a nationwide solution to the disenfranchisement of African Americans came as the result of three strategically planned marches, the first of which took place on March 7. Nearly 500 marchers proceeded through the streets of Selma and across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where they were faced by scores of Alabama State troopers. The troopers attacked the nonviolent marchers, leaving many of them bloodied and severely injured, on a date forever ensconced in history as " Bloody Sunday". A second march ended in a prayer session at the point of Sundays confrontation. When an injunction circumventing the march to the Alabama State Capitol was reversed, a plan was devised to conduct the monumental trek on Sunday, March 21, 1965. Thousands of people, representing many races and nationalities, moved before the eyes of the world in demonstration to guarantee the right to vote. The fiveday/fournight event covered a 54mile route along state Highway 80 through chilling weather and rain. The result was the personal triumph of those who participated in the historic trek and the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. Today, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail stands as a testament to the sacrifices made in the triumph to preserve the ?right to vote? as the bedrock of American democracy.



Phone: Headquarters 3347276390