Alabama Historical Commission and Friends of the Fort invites you to Alabama Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse!

Fort Toulouse was one of a series of forts built by the French to protect their holdings in the American South from British infringement during the eighteenth century.

The initial structure, located four miles from the head of the Alabama River on the Coosa River, stood roughly 10 miles north of present-day Montgomery in Elmore County.

The site was renamed Fort Jackson in the early nineteenth century, when it was occupied by the United States, and played a major role in the defeat of the Upper Creeks and the Treaty of Fort Jackson.

Archaeologists have excavated the remains of the fort, which has been reconstructed for visitors.

The Fort Toulouse site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, and the Alabama Historical Commission gained possession of it in 1971. Since then, teams of professional and amateur archaeologists have excavated the site and uncovered nearly the entire foundation of the second Fort Toulouse designed and rebuilt in 1748.

Using Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park as its historical backdrop, Alabama Frontier Days focuses on demonstrating frontier life in the southeast during the period 1700-1820.

Here’s a chance to experience the most authentic living history event in the state! See the South as it was transformed from Creek Indian lands to pioneer settler forts and homesteads during the period 1700 to 1820.

During Frontier Days event a full force of authentically clad French Colonial Marines will occupy French Fort Toulouse and a War of 1812 camp will be set up next to the American Fort Jackson. There will be firing of muskets and cannons and more!

Alabama Frontier Days runs through Saturday, November 5th, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day at Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka.

Join I-92’s Greg Thomas broadcasting live Friday afternoon from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.!

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