Horseshoe Bend National Military Park: Cultural Landscape Report, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, National Park Service
Byrd B. 2013. Horseshoe Bend National Military Park: Cultural Landscape Report, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Report. 407/119737. NPS Southeast Regional Office. Southeast Regional Office
Established on July 25, 1956, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (NMP) is a 2,040 acre site located along the Tallapoosa River in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, and is managed by the National Park Service (NPS). It was the location of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the last major battle of the Creek War. The site contains the battlefield, two Creek village archeological sites, and modern park facilities, many of which were constructed during the Mission 66-era of the NPS. The park is affiliated with thirteen American Indian tribes. This Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) recounts the site’s history; from as early as 8000 B.C., when prehistoric people hunted, gathered, and traversed the site, to 2012. The CLR includes archeological studies that were conducted within the Horseshoe Bend NMP landscape through 2012. The CLR then documents the site’s existing conditions by examining the site’s landscape features, including natural and cultural resources. The CLR evaluates the site’s historic integrity by analyzing the park’s landscape characteristics, including Natural Systems and Features, Land Use, Spatial Organization, Circulation, Buildings and Structures, Topography, Archeological Sites, Views and Vistas, Vegetation, and Small-scale Features. The CLR also evaluates the park’s historic integrity through the seven aspects of integrity (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association), concluding that Horseshoe Bend NMP does retain its overall historic integrity. Preservation is determined to be the overall treatment recommendation for the site, with specific treatment recommendations pertaining to planning, resource management, interpretation, and the Barricade Landscape.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Byrd, Beth
- Date of Issue
- 2013
- Publisher
- NPS Southeast Regional Office
- Units
- HOBE , SER
- Keywords
- Agricultural Landscape, Alabama, Alabama Power, Andrew Jackson, Barricade, Battlefield, Cherokee Indians, Commemorative Landscape, Corn Cultivation, Cotton Cultivation, Creek Indians, Creek War, Cultural Landscape, Horseshoe Bend, Mission 66, National Military Park, Newyaucau Village, Tallapoosa River, Tennessee Militia, Tohopeka Village, War of 1812
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 550020: Horseshoe Bend National Park Landscape