Horseshoe Bend Battle Ground

12 Miles North

There on March 27, 1814 General Andrew Jackson commanding U. S. forces and friendly Indians, broke the power of the Creek Confederacy.

Marker is on State Highway 49 north of U.S. 280, on the right when traveling north.

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Battle Of Horseshoe Bend

One hundredth anniversary

This tablet is placed by

Tallapoosa County

in commemoration of the

one hundredth anniversary

of the

Battle Of Horseshoe Bend,

fought within its limits

on March 27, 1814.

There the Creek Indians, led by

Menawa and other chiefs, were

defeated by the American and

allied indian forces under

Gen. Andrew ...

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

Who Were the Creek?

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

The park offers activities designed to commemorate the events that occurred here on March 27, 1814. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend ended the Creek Indian War and added nearly 23 million acres of ...

Horse Shoe Bend

Gold was struck in Boise Basin (over the ridge to the east) in 1862, and the rush to these new mines came through here.

Traffic came by steamer up the Columbia to Umatilla, and thence overland. At first there were only ...

Horseshoe Bend Battleground Monument

Here on the Horseshoe Battleground General Andrew Jackson and his brave men broke the power of the Creek Indians under Chief Menawa March 29, 1814

Marker can be reached from Battlefield Park Tour Road.

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