1813-1889
Chasing the Black Warrior Road
A thin line on an 1818 map led me to a Creek town, a vanished road, and a question I am still trying to answer: which way did the Black Warrior Road run through Brown's Valley?
Cherokee & Creek History
The Cherokee and Creek presence in this area before removal and white settlement.
History
Brown’s Valley and the Death of Stooka
After the Creek War of 1812, Cherokee Colonel Richard Brown established a series of settlements in the valley that came […]
1800-1837
Black Warrior Road & the Creek Removal
Before the railroad or any settlement, this stretch of hills was Upper Creek (Muskogee) territory. In 1813-14 the Creek War […]